17th Santosham Film Awards

17th Santosham Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic and music achievements
Presented on29 September 2019
Date29 September 2019
SiteHyderabad, Telangana, India
Hosted by
Produced byKondeti Suresh
Organised bySantosham Magazine
Highlights
Lifetime achievementJamuna
Most awards
Television coverage
Channel
Duration1 hour 57 minutes

The 17th Santosham Film Awards[a] was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 29 September 2019 recognized the best films and performances from the Tollywood films and music released in 2018, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.[1][2] The awards are annually presented by Santosham magazine.[3][4] It was live telecasted on 99TV network and was re-telecasted on Zee Telugu and Zee Cinemalu.

Honorary Awards

  • Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award – Jamuna
  • Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Film Journalism) – Gudipoodi Srihari
  • Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award – Vennela Kishore
  • Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam Award – Dil Raju
  • Santosham Excellence Awards – Roja Ramani and Prabha

Main Awards

Film

Award Category Recipient Film
Best Actor Kartikeya Gummakonda RX 100
Best Director[b] Sukumar Rangasthalam
Best Supporting Actor Rajendra Prasad Mahanati
Best Comedian Sunil Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
Best Character Actor Ramki RX 100
Best Cinematographer R. Rathnavelu Rangasthalam
Best Debut Actor Vishwak Sen Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi
Best Choreography Prem Rakshith Rangasthalam
Best Young Performers (Child Artiste) Sai Tejaswini Mahanati
Best Fight Master Real Satish RX 100

Music

Award Category Recipient Single/Album (film)
Best Music Director S. Thaman Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
Best Male Playback Singer Anurag Kulkarni "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100
Best Female Playback Singer Ganta Venkata Lakshmi "Jigelu Rani" from Rangasthalam

Presenters

Category Presenter(s)
Best Choreography Award Rajendra Prasad
Best Cinematographer Award
Best Supporting Actor Jamuna
Best Young Performers (Child Artiste)
Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Film Journalism) Babu Mohan
Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award Allu Aravind

D. Suresh Babu

Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Award Allu Aravind
Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam Award D. Suresh Babu
Best Director Award Dil Raju
Best Comedian Award Shriya Saran

Ambika Krishna

Best Character Actor
Best Debut Actor Shriya Saran
Best Actor Award Jayam Ravi

Shriya Saran

Santosham Sridevi Smarakam Award Jayam Ravi

Rajasekhar

Jeevitha

Santosham Excellence Awards D. Suresh Babu

Allu Aravind

Best Music Director Award Ganesh Venkatraman

Rajasekhar

Jeevitha

Best Male Playback Singer Award S. Thaman
Best Female Playback Singer

Performers

Notes

  1. ^ a b Also referred to in the news media as the "Santhosham South Indian Awards 2019"
  2. ^ Sukumar couldn't attend the ceremony, so his wife, Tabhitha Bandreddy, received the award on his behalf.

References

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