3rd IIFA Awards

The 2002 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 3rd International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2001 and took place on 6 April 2002.

3rd IIFA Awards
Date	6 April 2002
Site	Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands, Malaysia
Hosted by	Lara Dutta
Highlights
Best Picture	Lagaan
Best Direction	Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan)
Best Actor	Aamir Khan (Lagaan)
Best Actress	Tabu (Chandni Bar)
Most awards	Lagaan (10)

The official ceremony took place on 6 April 2002, at the Genting Highlands, in Arena of Stars. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories.

The IIFA Weekend started with a Press Meet. Attended by the stars, the event received extensive coverage from world media. The same evening saw the music launch of Kaante. The IIFA Karaoke Party gave film stars and high-profile guests a chance to let their hair down.

IIFA hosted the World Premiere of the film Aankhen at the Genting International Showroom. Malaysia witnessed the first ever IIFA Forum. The focus was on the emerging perspectives of Indian Cinema, the exchange of technology and talent. The speakers included Ashutosh Gowarikar, Karan Johar, Farhan Akhtar and Madhur Bhandarkar.

As the Awards ceremony drew closer, even as the sun dropped into the horizon, the Arena of Stars dazzled with stars walking down the red carpet. Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta anchored the celebration. Performers for the star-studded evening included Sushmita Sen, Isha Koppikar, Remo Fernandes and Bardot among others. As the night carried on, Indian Cinema dazzled like never before.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

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Ashutosh Gowariker (Best Director)

Aamir Khan (Best Actor)

Tabu(Best Actress)

Saif Ali Khan(Best Supporting Actor)

Jaya Bachchan (Best Supporting Actress)

Best Picture	Best Director
Lagaan Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Dil Chahta Hai Chandni Bar Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan Anil Sharma – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai Madhur Bhandarkar – Chandni Bar Karan Johar – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male	Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
Aamir Khan – Lagaan as Bhuvan Sunny Deol – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Tara Singh Aamir Khan – Dil Chahta Hai as Akash Malhotra Amitabh Bachchan – Aks as Inspector Manu Verma Shah Rukh Khan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Rahul Raichand	Tabu – Chandni Bar as Mumtaz Ali Ansari Ameesha Patel – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Sakina Preity Zinta – Dil Chahta Hai as Shalini Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri Kajol – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Anjali Sharma
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male	Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
Saif Ali Khan – Dil Chahta Hai as Sameer Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Yashvardhan Raichand Hrithik Roshan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Rohan Raichand Akshaye Khanna – Dil Chahta Hai as Siddharth Sinha Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Lagaan as Raja Puran Singh	Jaya Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Nandini Raichand Kareena Kapoor – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as Pooja Sharma a.k.a. Poo Rekha  – Lajja as Ramdulaari Madhuri Dixit – Lajja as Janki Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Neeta (Fake Sonia)
Best Performance In A Comic Role	Best Performance In A Negative Role
Govinda – Jodi No. 1 Rajesh Vivek – Lagaan Vivek Shaq – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Johnny Lever – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Johnny Lever – Ajnabee	Akshay Kumar – Ajnabee Paul Blackthorne – Lagaan Amrish Puri – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Suhas Palshikar – Chandni Bar Manoj Bajpayee  – Aks
Male Debutant Star	Female Debutant Star
Arjun Rampal – Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat	Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee Gracy Singh – Lagaan

Musical awards

Best Music Director	Best Lyrics
A. R. Rahman – Lagaan Uttam Singh – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Dil Chahta Hai A. R. Rahman – Zubeidaa Aadesh Shrivastava, Jatin–Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	"Radha Kaise Na Jale" from Lagaan – Javed Akhtar "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Sameer "Sooraj Hua Madham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Anil Pandey "So Gaya Hai" from Zubeidaa – Javed Akhtar "Jane Kyon" from Dil Chahta Hai – Javed Akhtar "Ud Jaa Kale Kawa" from Gadar: Ek Prem Katha – Anand Bakshi
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Sonu Nigam for "Suraj Hua Maddham" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Sonu Nigam for "You Are My Soniya" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Udit Narayan for "Bole Chudiyan" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Udit Narayan for "Mitwa" - Lagaan Udit Narayan for "Udja Kale Kawan - Folk" - Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Srinivas for "Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut" - Dil Chahta Hai	Asha Bhosle for "Radha Kaisa Na Jale" – Lagaan Alka Yagnik for "Jaane Kyun" – Dil Chahta Hai Alka Yagnik for "Bole Chudiyan" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Alka Yagnik for "Suraj Hua Maddham" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Lata Mangeshkar for "So Gaye Hain" – Zubeidaa
Best Song Recording	Best Background score
Dil Chahta Hai – Vijay Benegal	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Babloo Chakravarthy

Backstage awards

Best Dialogue	Best Screenplay
Shaktimaan Talwar for Gadar Ek Prem Katha and Karan Johar for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Farhan Akhtar for Dil Chahta Hai
Best Story
Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai Karan Johar – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Shaktimaan Talwar – Gadar Ek Prem Katha Madhur Bhandarkar - Chandni Bar

Technical awards

Best Cinematographer	Best Choreography
Santosh Sivan – Asoka	Farah Khan – Dil Chahta Hai
Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Manish Malhotra	Lagaan – Ballu Saluja
Best Makeup	Best Sound Recording
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Mickey Contractor	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Anuj Mathur & Nakul Kamte
Best Sound Re-Recording	Best Special Effects
Lagaan – H. Sridhar	Aks – Paul Sims
Best Art Direction	Best Action
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – Sharmista Roy	Gadar Ek Prem Katha – Tinu Verma

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

• Sadhana

Outstanding Contribution In Indian Cinema

• Yash Chopra

Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema

• Mira Nair

Electrolux Kelvinator Personality of The Year

• Amitabh Bachchan

Sony Faces Of The Year

• Arjun Rampal
• Gracy Singh
• Bipasha Basu

References

1. "Awards of the International Indian Film Academy". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
2. "IIFA Through the Years". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
3. Waheed, Sajahan (6 April 2002). "Battle of the megahits". New Straits Times. New Straits Times Press. p. 27. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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