3rd IIFA Awards (2002)
The 3rd International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony honoured the best films of 2001 and took place in April 2002 at exotic Genting Highlands Resort, Malaysia. This year, the city of Malaysia played host to the Indian Film Industry. The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus. Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta hosted the ceremony. Performers for the star-studded evening included Sushmita Sen, Isha Koppikar, Remo Fernandes and Bardot among others. The films that won multiple awards were Aamir Khan starrer "Lagaan", Amitabh Bachchan-Jaya Bachchan-Shahrukh Khan-Hrithik Roshan-Kajol-Kareena Kapoor starrer "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham", and Aamir Khan-Saif Ali Khan-Akshay Khanna starrer "Dil Chahta Hai".
- WINNER
Best Movie
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
Chandni Bar
Dil Chahta Hai
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..
Best Director
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Ashutosh Gowariker
Chandni Bar
- Madhur Bhandarkar
Dil Chahta Hai
- Farhan Akhtar
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Anil Sharma
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Karan Johar
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Aamir Khan
Aks
- Amitabh Bachchan
Dil Chahta Hai
- Aamir Khan
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Sunny Deol
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Shah Rukh Khan
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Chandni Bar
- Tabu
Dil Chahta Hai
- Preity Zinta
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Ameesha Patel
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Kajol
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Gracy Singh
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Dil Chahta Hai
- Saif Ali Khan
Dil Chahta Hai
- Akshaye Khanna
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Amitabh Bachchan
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Hrithik Roshan
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Jaya Bhaduri
Ajnabee
- Bipasha Basu
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..
- Kareena Kapoor
Lajja
- Madhuri Dixit
Lajja
- Rekha
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Ajnabee
- Akshay Kumar
Aks
- Manoj Bajpayee
Chandni Bar
- Suhas Palshikar
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Amrish Puri
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Paul Blackthorne
Best Actor in a Comic Role
Jodi No.1
- Govinda
Ajnabee
- Johnny Lever
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Vivek Shaq
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Johnny Lever
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Rajesh Vivek
Monsoon Wedding
- Ishaan Nair
Best Music Director
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- A.R. Rahman
Dil Chahta Hai
- - Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa, Ehsaan Noorani
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Uttam Singh
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Sandesh Shandilya, Jatin Pandit, Lalit Pandit, Adesh Shrivastava
Zubeidaa
- A.R. Rahman
Best Lyricist
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Javed Akhtar
for "Radha Kaise Na Jale"
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai...
- Goldie Behl
for "Yeh Hawaen"
Dil Chahta Hai
- Javed Akhtar
for "Jane Kyon"
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Anand Bakshi
for "Ud Jaa Kale Kawa"
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Anil Pandey
for "Sooraj Hua Madham"
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Sameer
for "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham"
Zubeidaa
- Javed Akhtar
for "So Gaya Hai"
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Sonu Nigam
for "Suraj Hua Maddham, You are my Soniya"
Dil Chahta Hai
- Shrinivas E.
for "Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut"
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Udit Narayan, Ajay Chakravarthy
for "Ud Ja Kaale Kawa"
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Udit Narayan
for "Bole Chudiyan"
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Udit Narayan
for "Mitwa"
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Asha Bhosle
for "Radha Kaise Na Jale"
Dil Chahta Hai
- Alka Yagnik
for "Jaane Kyun"
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Alka Yagnik
for "Bole Chudiyan"
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Alka Yagnik
for "Suraj Hua Maddham"
Zubeidaa
- Lata Mangeshkar
for "So Gaye Hain"
Best Art Direction
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Sharmishta Roy
Best Background Score
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..
- Babloo Chakravorty
Best Cinematography
Ashoka the Great
- Santosh Sivan
Best Choreography
Dil Chahta Hai
- Farah Khan
Best Costume Design
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Manish Malhotra
Best Dialogue
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Karan Johar
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Shaktimaan Talwar
Best Editing
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Ballu Saluja
Best Makeup
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Mickey Contractor
Best Screenplay
Kya Kehna
- Farhan Akhtar
Best Sound Recording
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- H. Sridhar
Best Sound Re-Recording
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
- Anil Mathur, Nakul Kamte
Best Special Effects
Aks
- Paul Sims
Best Story
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
- Ashutosh Gowariker
Chandni Bar
- Madhur Bhandarkar
Dil Chahta Hai
- Farhan Akhtar
Gadar - Ek Prem Katha
- Shaktimaan Talwar
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..
- Karan Johar
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sadhana
Best Song Recording
Dil Chahta Hai
- Vijay Benegal
Personality of the Year
Amitabh Bachchan
Face of the Year
Bipasha Basu
Gracy Singh
Arjun Rampal
Invaluable Contribution to International Cinema
Waheeda Rehman
Invaluable Contribution to Indian Cinema
Shammi Kapoor
Outstanding Achievement by an India in South Africa
Ajay Gupta