Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue (Namak Haraam, 1974)
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist (Kajra Re, 2006)
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist (2011)
Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist (Saathiya, 2003)
Filmfare Award for Best Director (Mausam, 1977)
Sahitya Akademi Award (Dhuan, 2002)
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist (Yaara Seeli Seeli, 1992)
National Film Award for Best Lyrics (Mera Kuchh Saamaan, For an extremely elegant lyric using subtle similies and metaphors to express attachment, desire and parting and finally to serve as a definition to love within the context of the film., 1988)