14th Santosham Film Awards

14th Santosham Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic and music achievements
Date14 August 2016
SiteHyderabad, India
Hosted by
Produced byKondeti Suresh
Organised bySantosham Magazine
Highlights
Most awardsBaahubali: The Beginning
Television coverage
ChannelZee Telugu

The 14th Santosham Film Awards[a] was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 14 August 2016. It recognized the best films and performances from the Tollywood films and music released in 2015,[1] along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.[2][3] The awards are annually presented by Santosham Magazine.[4][5]

Honorary Awards

  • Santosham Award for Completing 25 Years in Cinema – Malashri
  • Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award – Prudhvi Raj
  • Santosham Akkineni Nageswara Rao Smarakam Award – Murali Mohan
  • Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam Award – Editor Mohan

Main Awards

Film

Award Category Recipient Film
Best Film "Gunaa Team Works" Rudhramadevi
Best Director Koratala Siva Srimanthudu
Best Producer Shobu Yarlagadda,

Prasad Devineni

Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Actor Prabhas Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Actress Anushka Shetty Rudhramadevi
Best Supporting Actor Rajendra Prasad Srimanthudu
Best Supporting Actress Hema Kumari 21F
Best Villain Rana Daggubati Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Editing Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Baahubali: The Beginning,

Srimanthudu

Best Choreographer Prem Rakshith Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Debut Director Anil Ravipudi Pataas
Best Debut Actor Akhil Akkineni Akhil
Best Debut Actress Hebah Patel Kumari 21F, Ala Ela

Music

Award Category Recipient Single/Album (film)
Best Music Director Award Devi Sri Prasad Srimanthudu, Kumari 21F
Best Female Playback Singer Geetha Madhuri "Jeeva Nadhi" from Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Lyricist Award Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry For whole album of Kanche

Special Awards

Presenters

Category Presenter(s)
Santosham Akkineni Nageswara Rao Smarakam Award Giri Babu
Best Director Award Allu Aravind
Best Film Award Dasari Narayana Rao

Allu Aravind

Best Supporting Actress Award – Hansika Motwani
Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam Award
Best Music Director Award Dasari Narayana Rao
Best Editing Award
Ever Green Beauty of India
Santosham Award for Completing 25 Years in Cinema
Special Jury Award for Best Actress – Pranitha Subhash Allu Sirish
Best Debut Actress Award Koratala Siva

Devi Sri Prasad

Special Jury Award for Best Actress Sudheer Babu

Aadhi Pinisetty

Best New Face Award
Special Jury Award
Best Debut Director Award Koratala Siva
Best Debut Actor Award Murali Mohan

Rajendra Prasad

Best Villain Award Jaya Prada

Gunasekhar

Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award Allu Aravind

Performers

Notes

  1. ^ a b Also referred to in the news media as the "Santhosham South Indian Awards 2016"

References

  1. ^ "Rana Daggubati, Hansika, Akhil Akkineni at Santosham Film Awards 2016 - Photos". IBTimes India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Complete Winners List of Santosham Movie Awards 2016". APHerald [Andhra Pradesh Herald]. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ "సంతోషం సౌత్ ఇండియా ఫిలిం అవార్డ్స్". Sakshi (in Telugu). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Santosham South Indian Film Awards 2016". ragalahari.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ "List of Winners Santosham Awards 2016 – Complete Details". Scooptimes. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.