21st Santosham Film Awards

21st Santosham Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic and music achievements
Presented on26 December 2022
Date26 December 2022
SiteJRC Convention, Hyderabad, India
Hosted by
Produced byKondeti Suresh
Organised bySantosham Magazine
Highlights
Lifetime achievementP. Susheela
Television coverage
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The 21st Santosham Film Awards, officially known as Santosham South Indian Film Awards 2022, was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 26 December 2022.[1][2] The ceremony recognized the best films and performances from the Tollywood and other Indian language films and music released between 2021 and November 2022, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.[3] The awards are annually presented by Santosham Magazine.

Honorary awards

Main awards

Category Recipient Work
Best Film Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni Pushpa: The Rise
Best Director Sukumar
Best Actor Allu Arjun[a]
Adivi Sesh Major
Best Supporting Actor Prakash Raj Major
Best Villain Srikanth Akhanda
Best Music Director Devi Sri Prasad Pushpa: The Rise
Best Female Playback Singer Mangli "Saranga Dariya" from Love Story
Indravathi Chauhan "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from Pushpa: The Rise
Best Lyricist Chandrabose Pushpa: The Rise
Suddala Ashok Teja "Komuram Bheemudo" from RRR
Best Dialogue Burra Sai Madhav RRR
Best Choreography Sekhar Love Story
Best Cinematographer Shamdat Uppena
Ram Prasad Akhanda
Best Debut Director Buchi Babu Sana Uppena
Mallidi Vashist Bimbisara
Best Debut Actor Ashish Reddy Rowdy Boys
Best Debut Music Director Samarth Gollapudi 7 Days 6 Nights
Best Director – Tamil Brinda Hey Sinamika
Best Actor – Tamil Vasanth Ravi Rocky
Best Actress – Tamil Shraddha Srinath Chakra and Maara
Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Mahendran Master
Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Raveena Ravi Rocky
Love Today
Best Debut Actor – Tamil Pradeep Ranganathan Love Today
Best Film – Kannada Ravi Kumar Rhymes
Soumya Santosh Kapala
Best Director – Kannada S. Mahesh Kumar Madhagaja
Hari Santhosh By Two Love
Best Actress – Kannada Apporva Krishna Talkies
Sangeetha Sringeri 777 Charlie, Lucky Man
Best Actress (Critics) – Kannada Manvitha Kamath Shiva 143
Best Supporting Actor – Kannada Shivaraj K. R. Pete Dhamaka
Best Debut Actor – Kannada Akshith Shashikumar Oh My Love
Best Villain – Malayalam Guru Somasundaram Minnal Murali
Ajmal Ameer
Best Debut Actor – Malayalam Ranjith Sajeev Mike
Best Actress – Malayalam Vinitha Koshy Paka
Best Director – Malayalam Jeo Baby The Great Indian Kitchen
Vinayan[b] Pathonpatham Noottandu

Special awards

  • Youth Icon of the year (Kannada) – Rajavardan

Presenters

Category Presenter(s)
Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award Allu Aravind, Srikanth Reddy
Best Actress – Tamil
Best Director – Tamil
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Krishnaveni) Nandamuri Ramakrishna, V. Vijayendra Prasad, V. Srinivas Rao
Best Supporting Actor
Santosham Krishnam Raju Smaraka Award Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Syamaladevi
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Vanisri)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Latha) Murali Mohan
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Roja Ramani)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Roja Prabha)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Jayamalini)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Kutty Padmini)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Baby Rani)
Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Kavitha) Murali Mohan, Ambhika Krishna
Lifetime Achievement Award Chiranjeevi
Best Debut Director
Best Debut Actor – Tamil
Best Actor (Adivi Sesh)
Best Dialogue
Best Choreography
Best Debut Actor
Best Lyricist (Suddala Ashok Teja)
Best Female Playback Singer
Best Debut Music Director Murali Mohan
Best Villain – Malayalam (Guru Somasundaram) Ambhika Krishna, Meher Ramesh, Anil Sunkara
Best Debut Actor – Malayalam
Best Actress – Malayalam
Best Director – Malayalam
Best Villain – Malayalam (Ajmal Ameer)
Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Ambhika Krishna, Y. Kasi Viswanath, Madala Ravi
Best Actor – Tamil
Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
Best Cinematographer (Shamdat)
Best Supporting Actor – Kannada Babu Mohan, Y. Kasi Viswanath, Madala Ravi
Best Actress – Kannada
Best Film – Kannada
Best Director – Kannada
Best Debut Director – Kannada
Best Debut Actor – Kannada
Youth Icon of the year (Kannada)
Best Actress (Critics) – Kannada
Santosham Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Smaraka Award Raja Chembolu, Sukumar
Best Cinematographer (Ram Prasad) Devi Sri Prasad, Sukumar
Best Lyricist (Chandrabose) Babu Mohan, Urvashi Rautela
Best Film Babu Mohan
Best Music Director
Best Director
Best Actor (Allu Arjun)

Performers

Name Performance
Urvashi Rautela Dance
R. P. Patnaik, Keerthana Srinivas Singing
Warina Hussain Dance
Kalpika Ganesh

Notes

  1. ^ Sukumar took the award.
  2. ^ Sudhakar Babu took the award.

References

  1. ^ "Santosham South Indian Film Awards 2022: Date, venue revealed!". ragalahari.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ Telugu, ntv (4 December 2022). "Santosham Film Awards: 'సంతోషం'లో స్టెప్పులేయనున్న బాలీవుడ్ బ్యూటీ". NTV Telugu (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Santosham Awards: 21 ఏళ్లు పూర్తి.. త్వరలో 2022 సంతోషం అవార్డ్స్..!". News18 Telugu (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.