The Zee Cine Award Best Screenplay is the technical award.
The winners are listed below:
| Year | Winner (s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Vivek Agnihotri | The Kashmir Files |
| 2020 | Gaurav Solanki, Anubhav Sinha | Article 15 |
| 2018 | Nitesh Tiwari | Bareilly Ki Barfi |
| 2015 | Juhi Chaturvedi | Piku |
| 2014 | Ayan Mukerji | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |
| 2013 | Anurag Basu | Barfi! |
| 2012 | Imtiaz Ali | Rockstar |
| 2008 | Jab We Met | |
| 2007 | Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi | Lage Raho Munna Bhai |
| 2005 | Vishal Bhardwaj & Abbas Tyrewala | Maqbool |
| 2003 | Mahesh Bhatt | Raaz |
the awards were not held in 2021-2022 due to Covid 19.