4th IIFA Awards

4th IIFA Awards
4th IIFA Awards
Date	17 May 2003
Site	Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa
Hosted by	Anil Kapoor and Dia Mirza
Highlights
Best Picture	Devdas
Best Direction	Sanjay Leela Bhansali; (Devdas)
Best Actor	Shah Rukh Khan; (Devdas)
Best Actress	Aishwarya Rai; (Devdas)
Most awards	Devdas (16)
Most nominations	Devdas (18)
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The 2003 IIFA Awards, officially known as the 4th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2002 and took place on 17 May 2003.

The official ceremony took place on 6 April 2002, at the Coca-Cola Dome, in Johannesburg. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories.

Devdas led the ceremony with 5 nominations, and won a leading 16 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali), Best Actor (for Shah Rukh Khan), Best Actress (for Aishwarya Rai), and Best Supporting Actress (for Kirron Kher), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Ajay Devgan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Company and The Legend of Bhagat Singh, but lost to Shah Rukh Khan won the award for Devdas.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

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Shahrukh Khan (Best Actor)

Aishwarya Rai (Best Actress)

Mohanlal (Best Supporting Actor)

Kirron Kher (Best Supporting Actress)

Best Picture	Best Director
Devdas	Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Devdas
Best Performance In A Leading Role Male	Best Performance In A Leading Role Female
*Shah Rukh Khan – Devdas* as Devdas Mukherjee** Ajay Devgan – Company as Malik Ajay Devgan – The Legend of Bhagat Singh as Bhagat Singh Amitabh Bachchan – Kaante as Yashvardhan Rampal 'Major' Akshaye Khanna – Deewangee as Raj Goyal	*Aishwarya Rai – Devdas* as Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty** Ameesha Patel – Humraaz as Priya Karisma Kapoor – Shakti: The Power as Nandini Madhuri Dixit – Devdas as Chandramukhi Rani Mukerji – Saathiya as Suhani Sharma
Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male	Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female
*Mohanlal – Company* as Srinivasan** Ashutosh Rana – Raaz as Agni Swaroop Dilip Prabhavalkar – Encounter: The Killing as Ponappa Awadhe Jackie Shroff – Devdas as Chunnilal Sushant Singh – The Legend of Bhagat Singh as Sukhdev	*Kirron Kher – Devdas* as Sumitra Chakraborty** Kareena Kapoor – Mujhse Dosti Karoge as Tina
Best Performance In A Comic Role	Best Performance In A Negative Role
Mahesh Manjrekar – Kaante	Akshaye Khanna – Humraaz
Male Debutant Star	Female Debutant Star
John Abraham – Jism	Esha Deol – Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe

Musical awards

Best Music Director	Best Lyrics
A. R. Rahman – Saathiya	*"Dola Re Dola" from Devdas* – Nusrat Badr**
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Sonu Nigam for "Saathiya" – Saathiya	Shreya Ghoshal and Kavita Krishnamurthy for "Dola Re Dola" – Devdas
Best Song Recording	Best Background score
Devdas – Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Daman Sood, Tanay Gajjar	Saathiya – A. R. Rahman

Backstage awards

Best Dialogue	Best Screenplay
Prakash Kapadia for Devdas	Mahesh Bhatt for Raaz
Best Story
Jaideep Sahni for Company

Technical awards

Best Cinematography	Best Choreography
Binod Pradhan – Devdas	Saroj Khan – Devdas
Best Costume Design	Best Editing
Devdas – Neeta Lulla, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla, Reza Shariffi	Company – Chandan Arora
Best Makeup	Best Sound Recording
Devdas – Arun Pillai	Devdas – Jitendra Chaudhary, Vikramaditya Motwane, Kunal Sharma
Best Sound Re-Recording	Best Special Effects
Devdas – Leslie Fernandes	Kaante – Prime Focus
Best Art Direction	Best Action
Devdas – Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Company – Allan Amin

Special awards

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema

Kalyanji Virji Shah, Anandji Virji Shah and Dev Anand

Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema

Aparna Sen

Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in South Africa

Ajay Gupta – MD, Sahara Computers, SA

Samsung Style Diva of the Year

Rekha

Samsung Style Icon of the Year

Fardeen Khan

Fresh Faces Of The Year

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
5	Devdas
2	Company
2	The Legend of Bhagat Singh

Films with multiple awards
Awards	Film
16	Devdas
4	Company
4	Saathiya
2	Kaante

References

^ "Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "IIFA Through the Years". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ Adarsh, Taran (May 2003). "Stars Descend on Johannesburg". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links

[1] "Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[2] "IIFA Through the Years". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[3] Adarsh, Taran (May 2003). "Stars Descend on Johannesburg". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

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Technical awards	Best Art Direction Best Action Best Background Score Best Cinematography Best Choreography Best Costume Design Best Dialogue Best Editing Best Makeup Best Screenplay Best Sound Recording Best Sound Re-Recording Best Special Effects Best Story
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