# 7th Screen Awards

The 7th Screen Awards also The Seventh Annual Screen–Videocon Awards ceremony, presented by Indian Express Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2000. The ceremony was held on 20 January 2001 at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai, and hosted by Rahul Khanna and co-hosted by Sonali Bendre, Aditi Govitrikar and Nafisa Joseph. The event was telecasted on DD National and Sahara TV on 21 January 2001.
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai led the ceremony with 17 nominations, followed by Mission Kashmir with 14 nominations and Mohabbatein with 11 nominations.
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai won 9 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Rakesh Roshan) and Best Actor (for Hrithik Roshan), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

## Awards

The winners and nominees have been listed below. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Jury Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Astitva Josh Mission Kashmir Mohabbatein | Rakesh Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Aditya Chopra – Mohabbatein Mansoor Khan – Josh Ram Gopal Varma – Jungle Vidhu Vinod Chopra – Mission Kashmir |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Anil Kapoor – Pukar Kamal Haasan – Hey Ram Sanjay Dutt – Kurukshetra Shah Rukh Khan – Mohabbatein | Tabu – Astitva‡ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Karisma Kapoor – Fiza Madhuri Dixit – Pukar Preity Zinta – Kya Kehna |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Sanjay Dutt – Mission Kashmir‡ Amitabh Bachchan – Mohabbatein Atul Kulkarni – Hey Ram Sharad Kapoor – Josh Shivaji Satam – Nidaan | Sonali Bendre – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai‡ Mahima Chaudhry – Dhadkan Reema Lagoo – Nidaan Shilpa Navalkar – Kairee Sonali Kulkarni – Mission Kashmir |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role – Male / Female | Best Actor in a Comic Role – Male / Female |
| Rajpal Yadav – Jungle‡ Govinda – Shikari Kashmera Shah – Jungle Puru Raaj Kumar – Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Rahul Dev – Champion | Paresh Rawal – Hera Pheri‡ Johnny Lever – Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Om Puri – Hera Pheri Rohini Hattangadi – Pukar Vrajesh Hirjee – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Most Promising Newcomer – Female |
| Hrithik Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Abhishek Bachchan – Refugee Bikram Saluja – Fiza Rahul Dev – Champion Uday Chopra – Mohabbatein | Shilpa Navalkar – Kairee‡ Ameesha Patel – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Kareena Kapoor – Refugee Nisha Bains – Nidaan Vasundhara Das – Hey Ram |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Rajesh Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Anu Malik – Fiza Anu Malik – Josh Jatin–Lalit – Mohabbatein Nadeem–Shravan – Dhadkan | Anand Bakshi – "Humko Humise Chura Lo" – Mohabbatein‡ Gulzar – "Tu Fiza Hai" – Fiza Javed Akhtar – "Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke" – Refugee Ibrahim Ashk – "Na Tum Jano Na Hum" – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Sameer Anjaan – "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se" – Dhadkan |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Lucky Ali – "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Abhijeet Bhattacharya – "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein" – Dhadkan Sonu Nigam – "Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke" – Refugee Udit Narayan – "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se" – Dhadkan Udit Narayan – "Aaja Mahiya" – Fiza | Alka Yagnik – "Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke" – Refugee‡ Alka Yagnik – "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se" – Dhadkan Alka Yagnik – "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Kavita Krishnamurti – "Kay Sera Sera" – Pukar Sunidhi Chauhan – "Bumbro" – Mission Kashmir |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Mahesh Manjrekar – Astitva‡ Anand Vardhan – Hera Pheri G. A. Kulkarni – Kairee Honey Irani – Kya Kehna Mahesh Manjrekar – Nidaan | Honey Irani, Ravi Kapoor – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Jaideep Sahni – Jungle Mahesh Manjrekar – Astitva Neeraj Vora – Hera Pheri Neeraj Vora, Uttam Gada – Khiladi 420 |
| Best Dialogue | Best Cinematography |
| Neeraj Vora – Hera Pheri‡ Aditya Chopra – Mohabbatein Atul Tiwari – Mission Kashmir Imtiyaz Husain – Astitva Sagar Sarhadi – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | Binod Pradhan – Mission Kashmir‡ K. V. Anand – Josh Manmohan Singh – Mohabbatein Santosh Sivan – Fiza Tirru – Hey Ram |
| Best Editing | Best Background Music |
| Sanjay Verma – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Chandan Arora – Jungle Mohammed Ashfaque – Khiladi 420 N. Gopalakrishnan – Hera Pheri Zaffar Sultan – Josh | Ilaiyaraaja – Hey Ram‡ Bhaskar Chandavarkar – Kairee Rajesh Roshan – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Sandeep Chowta – Jungle Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy – Mission Kashmir |
| Best Art Direction | Best Choreography |
| Nitin Chandrakant Desai – Josh‡ Nitin Chandrakant Desai – Mission Kashmir Nitin Chandrakant Desai – Raju Chacha Sabu Cyril – Hey Ram Sharmishta Roy – Mohabbatein | Farah Khan – "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai‡ Farah Khan – "Pairon Mein Bandhan Hai" – Mohabbatein Ganesh Hegde – "Mehboob Mere" – Fiza Prabhu Deva – "Kay Sera Sera" – Pukar Saroj Khan – "Bumbro" – Mission Kashmir |
| Best Sound Recording | Best Action Director |
| Mike Dawson, Jitendra Chaudhary, Shantanu Hudlikar & Manoj Sikka – Mission Kashmir‡ Deepan Chatterjee & Manohar Bangera – Josh Jitendra Chaudhary – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Shridhar – Jungle Shrivastav – Hey Ram | Allan Amin – Mission Kashmir‡ Abbas Ali – Josh Amin Gani – Jungle Jai Singh Nijjar – Raju Chacha Mohammed Ashfaque – Khiladi 420 |
| Best Special Effects | Best Publicity Design |
| Raju Chacha‡ Hey Ram Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Mission Kashmir Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani | Rahul Nanda & Himanshu Nanda –  • Dhadkan‡ • Jungle‡ • Mission Kashmir‡ • Pukar‡ |

### Special awards

| Lifetime Achievement | Special Jury Award |
| Pran | Mahesh Manjrekar (for Astitva and Nidaan) |
| Noor Jehan Award for Music | Screen Award for Landmark Year, 2000 |
| Lata Mangeshkar | Roshan family |
| Award for 50 Years of contribution to Hindi Cinema ||
| B. R. Chopra | Dev Anand |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 17 | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| 14 | Mission Kashmir |
| 11 | Mohabbatein |
| 9 | Josh |
| 9 | Jungle |
| 8 | Hey Ram |
| 7 | Dhadkan |
| 7 | Fiza |
| 6 | Astitva |
| 6 | Hera Pheri |
| 6 | Pukar |
| 5 | Refugee |
| 4 | Kairee |
| 4 | Nidaan |
| 3 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai |
| 3 | Khiladi 420 |
| 3 | Raju Chacha |
| 2 | Champion |
| 2 | Kya Kehna |
| 2 | Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| 5 | Mission Kashmir |
| 3 | Astitva |
| 2 | Hera Pheri |
| 2 | Jungle |