4th IIFA Awards

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4th IIFA Awards
Date	17 May 2003 (2003-05-17)
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)
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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.

In 2003, IIFA returned to South Africa. This time, the sun-kissed shores of Johannesburg was the destination.

For the IIFA Forum, Ramesh Sippy, Smita Thackeray, Kunal Dasgupta, Shyam Shroff and Harish Dayani sat together with moderator Vir Sanghvi and discussed piracy and explored new revenue streams for the industry.

The first-ever IIFA Foundation Charity Celebrity Cricket Match was organized at the Centurion Grounds. It was supported by the entire IIFA contingent, consisting of Indian and South African film stars, celebrities, cricketers, government leaders, IIFA’s South African partners and Indian and South African fans.

The IIFA Awards ceremony shone bright at the Dome at Northgate. The evening was a stunning showcase of talent and Indian charisma. Hosts Anil Kapoor and Dia Mirza swept the audience with charm. Las Ketchup, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Shilpa Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan and Ajay Jadeja set a scorching pace with their electrifying performances. With the light of a million stars shining down upon it, this edition of the IIFA Awards 2003 closed.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards[]

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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 Rani Mukerji – Saathiya as Suhani Sharma Madhuri Dixit – Devdas as Chandramukhi Karisma Kapoor – Shakti: The Power as Nandini
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 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 – Company

Technical awards[]

Best Cinematographer	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[]

• John Abraham
• Esha Deol

References[]

External links[]