3rd IIFA Awards

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| award = IIFA Awards

| award_link = International Indian Film Academy

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| date = {{Start date|2002|04|06|df=y}}

| site = Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands, Malaysia

| host = Lara Dutta

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| best_picture = Lagaan

| best_direction = Ashutosh Gowariker

| best_direction_film = (Lagaan)

| best_actor = Aamir Khan

| best_actor_film = (Lagaan)

| best_actress = Tabu

| best_actress_film = (Chandni Bar)

| most_wins = Lagaan (10)

| most_nominations = Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (18)

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

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.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... led the ceremony with 18 nominations, followed by Lagaan with 12 nominations, Dil Chahta Hai with 11 nominations, and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha with 10 nominations.

Lagaan won 10 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Ashutosh Gowariker), and Best Actor (for Aamir Khan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Aamir Khan received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan, winning for the latter.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

=Popular awards=

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|caption1=Lagaan (Best Movie)

|image2=Ashutosh Gowariker at the launch of T P Aggarwal's trade magazine 'Blockbuster' 15.jpg

|caption2=Ashutosh Gowariker (Best Director)

|image3=Aamir Khan 2013.jpg

|caption3=Aamir Khan (Best Actor)

|image4=Tabu still8.jpg

|caption4=Tabu(Best Actress)

|image5=Saif Ali Khan snapped at Imperial Hotel, New Delhi 05.jpg

|caption5=Saif Ali Khan(Best Supporting Actor)

|image6=Jaya Bachchan48.jpg

|caption6=Jaya Bachchan (Best Supporting Actress)

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Film

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Director

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Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan
Anil Sharma – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai
Karan Johar – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Madhur Bhandarkar – Chandni Bar

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Leading Role Male

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Leading Role Female

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Aamir Khan – Lagaan as Bhuvan
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
Sunny Deol – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Tara Singh

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Tabu – Chandni Bar as Mumtaz Ali Ansari
Ameesha Patel – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha as Sakina
Gracy Singh – Lagaan as Gauri
Kajol – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Anjali Sharma
Preity Zinta – Dil Chahta Hai as Shalini

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Supporting Role Male

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female

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Saif Ali Khan – Dil Chahta Hai as Sameer
Amitabh Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Yashvardhan Raichand
Akshaye Khanna – Dil Chahta Hai as Siddharth Sinha
Hrithik Roshan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Rohan Raichand
Kulbhushan Kharbanda – Lagaan as Raja Puran Singh

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Jaya Bachchan – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Nandini Raichand
Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee as Neeta (Fake Sonia)
Kareena Kapoor – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... as Pooja Sharma a.k.a. Poo
Madhuri Dixit – Lajja as Janki
Rekha – Lajja as Ramdulaari

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Comic Role

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Performance In A Negative Role

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Govinda – Jodi No. 1
Johnny Lever – Ajnabee
Johnny Lever – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Rajesh Vivek – Lagaan
Vivek Shaq – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Male Debutant Star

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Female Debutant Star

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Arjun Rampal – Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat

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Bipasha Basu – Ajnabee
Gracy Singh – Lagaan

=Musical awards=

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style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Music Director

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Lyrics

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A. R. Rahman – Lagaan
A. R. Rahman – Zubeidaa
Aadesh Shrivastava, Jatin–Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Dil Chahta Hai
Uttam Singh – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

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"Radha Kaise Na Jale" from Lagaan – Javed Akhtar
"Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..." from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... – Sameer
"Suraj Hua Madham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... – Anil Pandey
"So Gaya Hai" from Zubeidaa – Javed Akhtar
"Jaane Kyun" from Dil Chahta Hai – Javed Akhtar
"Ud Jaa Kale Kawa" from Gadar: Ek Prem Katha – Anand Bakshi

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Male Playback Singer

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Female Playback Singer

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Sonu Nigam for "Suraj Hua Maddham" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Sonu Nigam for "You Are My Soniya" – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
Srinivas for "Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut" – Dil Chahta Hai
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

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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

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Song Recording

! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"|Best Background score

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Dil Chahta Hai – Vijay Benegal

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... – Babloo Chakravarthy

=Backstage awards=

style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"\|Best Dialogue ! style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"\|Best Screenplay
class=wikitable style="width=150%"
valign="top"\| Shaktimaan Talwar for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and Karan Johar for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... \|valign="top"\| Farhan Akhtar for Dil Chahta Hai
style="background:#FFC1CC;" ! style="width=50%"\|Best Story
valign="centre"\| Ashutosh Gowariker – Lagaan Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai Karan Johar – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Madhur Bhandarkar – Chandni Bar Shaktimaan Talwar – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha