21st Santosham Film Awards

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.

21st Santosham Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic and music achievements
Presented on	26 December 2022
Date	26 December 2022
Site	JRC Convention, Hyderabad, India
Hosted by	Suma Kanakala Baladitya Sudeepa Pinky Rohini Reddy
Produced by	Kondeti Suresh
Organised by	Santosham Magazine
Highlights
Lifetime achievement	P. Susheela
Television coverage
Network	Gemini TV Aha
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Honorary awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award – P. Susheela
• Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award – Rajendra Prasad
• Santosham NTR Smaraka Award – Krishnaveni, Vanisri, Latha, Roja Ramani, Prabha, Jayamalini, Kutty Padmini, Baby Rani, Kavitha,
• Santosham Krishnam Raju Smaraka Award – Murali Mohan
• Santosham Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Smaraka Award – R. P. Patnaik

Main awards

Category	Recipient	Work
Best Film	Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni	Pushpa: The Rise
Best Director	Sukumar
Best Actor	Allu Arjun[lower-alpha 1]
	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[lower-alpha 2]	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.