4th IIFA Awards

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 (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas] led the ceremony with 5 nominations, and won a leading 16 awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, 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.'''

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