# 1st IIFA Awards

The first-ever International Indian Film Academy Awards is officially known as 1st IIFA Awards. The award ceremony was held in 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London. It took place on 24 June 2000. During the ceremony, IIFA Awards were awarded in 26 competitive categories.
The ceremony was held at the Millennium Dome and was co-hosted by Yukta Mookhey and Anupam Kher.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam led the ceremony with 21 nominations, followed by Taal with 12 nominations and Sarfarosh with 9 nominations.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam won 11 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (for Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and Best Actress (for Aishwarya Rai), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Aishwarya Rai received dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal, winning for the former.
Anil Kapoor received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Biwi No.1 and Taal, winning for the latter.
Sushmita Sen received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Biwi No.1 and Sirf Tum, winning for the former.

## Awards

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

### Popular Awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ Biwi No.1 Sarfarosh Taal Vaastav: The Reality | Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ David Dhawan – Biwi No.1 John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh Mahesh Manjrekar – Vaastav: The Reality Subhash Ghai – Taal |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Sanjay Dutt – Vaastav: The Reality‡ Aamir Khan – Sarfarosh Ajay Devgn – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Govinda – Haseena Maan Jaayegi Salman Khan – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Taal Kajol – Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain Karisma Kapoor – Biwi No.1 Sonali Bendre – Sarfarosh |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Anil Kapoor – Taal‡ Anil Kapoor – Biwi No.1 Jackie Shroff – Kartoos Mukesh Rishi – Sarfarosh Sanjay Dutt – Daag | Sushmita Sen – Biwi No.1‡ Aruna Irani – Haseena Maan Jaayegi Reema Lagoo – Vaastav: The Reality Sushmita Sen – Sirf Tum Tabu – Biwi No.1 |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Best Performance in a Comic Role |
| Naseeruddin Shah – Sarfarosh‡ Ashutosh Rana – Jaanwar Mohan Joshi – Vaastav: The Reality Mukesh Rishi – Arjun Pandit Raj Babbar – Daag | Anil Kapoor – Biwi No.1‡ Anupam Kher – Haseena Maan Jaayegi Jatin Kanakia – Khoobsurat Johnny Lever – Anari No.1 Sanjay Dutt – Khoobsurat |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| A. R. Rahman – Taal‡ Anu Malik – Haseena Maan Jaayegi Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen – Arjun Pandit Ismail Darbar – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Nadeem–Shravan – Sirf Tum | Anand Bakshi – "Ishq Bina" – Taal‡ Israr Ansari – "Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye" – Sarfarosh Mehboob – "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Mehboob – "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Mehboob – "Tadap Tadap" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Udit Narayan – "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ KK – "Tadap Tadap" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Kumar Sanu – "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Sonu Nigam – "Ishq Bina" – Taal Sukhwinder Singh – "Ramta Jogi" – Taal | Alka Yagnik – "Taal Se Taal" – Taal‡ Anuradha Sriram – "Ishq Bina" – Taal Kavita Krishnamurti – "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Kavita Krishnamurti – "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Sunidhi Chauhan – "Kya Dekh Rahe Ho Tum" – Taal |

### Technical Awards

| Best Story | Best Screenplay |
| Pratap Karvat, Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ Bhupathi Raja – Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh Mahesh Manjrekar – Vaastav: The Reality Sooraj Barjatya – Hum Saath-Saath Hain | Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ |
| Best Dialogue | Best Cinematography |
| Amrik Gill – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ | Anil Mehta – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ |
| Best Editing | Best Art Direction |
| V.N. Mayekar – Vaastav: The Reality‡ | Keshto Mandal – Sarfarosh‡ |
| Best Background Score | Best Choreography |
| Vishal Bhardwaj – Godmother‡ | Saroj Khan – "Nimbooda" – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ |
| Best Costume Design | Best Makeup |
| Neeta Lulla – Taal‡ | Jayanti Shevale – Hum Saath-Saath Hain‡ |
| Best Sound Recording | Best Sound Re-Recording |
| Jitendra Arya – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ | Suresh Kathuria – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‡ |
| Best Special Effects | Best Song Recording |
| Raj Taru (Video Sonic Ltd) – Hindustan Ki Kasam‡ | Satish Gupta – "Khaali Dil Nahin Jaan Bhi Yeh Mangda" – Kachche Dhaage‡ |

### Special Awards

| Lifetime Achievement Award | Madame Tussauds Honour |
| Sunil Dutt | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Personality of The Year | Sony Set Max Maximum IIFA |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Excellence In Indian Cinema | Outstanding Contribution To Indian Cinema |
| Jackie Chan | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Outstanding Indian Achievement In International Cinema | Outstanding Achievement In Indian Cinema |
| Shekhar Kapur | East Is East |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 21 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 12 | Taal |
| 9 | Sarfarosh |
| 7 | Vaastav: The Reality |
| 6 | Haseena Maan Jaayegi |
| 5 | Biwi No.1 |
| 2 | Arjun Pandit |
| 2 | Daag |
| 2 | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain |
| 2 | Hum Saath-Saath Hain |
| 2 | Khoobsurat |
| 2 | Sirf Tum |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 11 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 5 | Taal |
| 2 | Sarfarosh |
| 2 | Vaastav: The Reality |