| Number: | 21 |
| Award: | Santosham Film Awards |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in cinematic and music achievements |
| Presented Date: | 26 December 2022 |
| Date: | 26 December 2022 |
| Site: | JRC Convention, Hyderabad, India |
| Host: |
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| Producer: | Kondeti Suresh |
| Organiser: | Santosham Magazine |
| Lifetime Achievement: | P. Susheela |
| Network: | |
| Last: | 20th |
| Next: | 22nd |
| Award Link: | 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.
| Best Film | Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni | |
| Best Director | Sukumar | |
| Best Actor | Allu Arjun | |
| 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 | |
| Best Lyricist | Chandrabose | |
| 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 | Pathonpatham Noottandu |
| 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) |
| Urvashi Rautela | Dance |
| R. P. Patnaik, Keerthana Srinivas | Singing |
| Warina Hussain | Dance |
| Kalpika Ganesh |