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{{Short description|2022 Tollywood award ceremony}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox film awards
| name =
| number = 21
| award = Santosham Film Awards
| awarded_for = Excellence in cinematic and music achievements
| presented_date = 26 December 2022
| date = 26 December 2022
| website =
| site = JRC Convention, [[Hyderabad]], India
| host = {{plainlist|
* [[Suma Kanakala]]
* [[Baladitya (actor)|Baladitya]]
* [[Sudeepa Pinky]]
* Rohini Reddy}}
| producer = Kondeti Suresh
| organiser = ''Santosham Magazine''
| lifetime_achievement = [[P. Susheela]]
| channel =
| network = {{plainlist|
* [[Gemini TV]]
* [[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]]}}
| duration =
| last = [[20th Santosham Film Awards|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Telugu |first=ntv |date=4 December 2022 |title=Santosham Film Awards: ‘సంతోషం’లో స్టెప్పులేయనున్న బాలీవుడ్ బ్యూటీ |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/news/bollywood-beauty-urvashirautela-shaking-legs-on-santosham-film-awards-stage-277101.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=NTV Telugu |language=te-IN |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320175304/https://ntvtelugu.com/news/bollywood-beauty-urvashirautela-shaking-legs-on-santosham-film-awards-stage-277101.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ceremony recognized the best films and performances from the [[Telugu cinema|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santosham Awards: 21 ఏళ్లు పూర్తి.. త్వరలో 2022 సంతోషం అవార్డ్స్..! |url=https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/santosham-celebrates-21st-anniversary-south-indian-film-awards-2022-will-be-announced-soon-sb-1393474.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=News18 Telugu |language=te |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320175304/https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/santosham-celebrates-21st-anniversary-south-indian-film-awards-2022-will-be-announced-soon-sb-1393474.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The awards are annually presented by ''Santosham Magazine''.

== Honorary awards ==

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

== Main awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Category
!Recipient
!Work
|-
|[[Santosham Best Film Award|Best Film]]
|Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni
| rowspan="3" |''[[Pushpa: The Rise]]''
|-
|[[Santosham Best Director Award|Best Director]]
|[[Sukumar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Santosham Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]
|[[Allu Arjun]]{{Efn|[[Sukumar]] took the award.}}
|-
|[[Adivi Sesh]]
|[[Major (film)|''Major'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|[[Pooja Hegde]]{{Efn|[[Allu Aravind]] took the award.}}
|''[[Most Eligible Bachelor]]'', ''[[Radhe Shyam]]''
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Prakash Raj]]
|[[Major (film)|''Major'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Villain Award|Best Villain]]
|[[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]
|''[[Akhanda]]''
|-
|[[Santosham Best Music Director Award|Best Music Director]]
|[[Devi Sri Prasad]]
|[[Pushpa: The Rise (soundtrack)|''Pushpa: The Rise'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Female Playback Singer
|[[Mangli]]
|"[[Saranga Dariya]]" from [[Love Story (2021 film)|''Love Story'']]
|-
|Indravathi Chauhan
|"Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from ''[[Pushpa: The Rise]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Lyricist
|[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
|''[[Pushpa: The Rise]]''
|-
|[[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
|"Komuram Bheemudo" from [[RRR (film)|''RRR'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Dialogue Award|Best Dialogue]]
|[[Sai Madhav Burra|Burra Sai Madhav]]
|[[RRR (film)|''RRR'']]
|-
|Best Choreography
|[[Sekhar (choreographer)|Sekhar]]
|[[Love Story (2021 film)|''Love Story'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Santosham Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]]
|[[Shamdat]]
|''[[Uppena]]''
|-
|[[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|Ram Prasad]]
|''[[Akhanda]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Debut Director
|Buchi Babu Sana
|''[[Uppena]]''
|-
|Mallidi Vashist
|[[Bimbisara (film)|''Bimbisara'']]
|-
|Best Debut Actor
|Ashish Reddy
|''[[Rowdy Boys]]''
|-
|Best Debut Music Director
|Samarth Gollapudi
|''[[7 Days 6 Nights]]''
|-
|Best Director – Tamil
|[[Brinda (choreographer)|Brinda]]
|''[[Hey Sinamika]]''
|-
|Best Actor – Tamil
|[[Vasanth Ravi]]
|''[[Rocky (2021 film)|Rocky]]''
|-
|Best Actress – Tamil
|[[Shraddha Srinath]]
|''[[Chakra (2020 film)|Chakra]]'' and ''[[Maara]]''
|-
|Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
|[[Mahendran (actor)|Mahendran]]
|[[Master (2021 film)|''Master'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
| rowspan="2" |[[Raveena Ravi]]
|''[[Rocky (2021 film)|Rocky]]''
|-
|[[Love Today (2022 film)|''Love Today'']]
|-
|Best Debut Actor – Tamil
|[[Pradeep Ranganathan]]
|[[Love Today (2022 film)|''Love Today'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Film – Kannada
|Ravi Kumar
|''Rhymes''
|-
|Soumya Santosh
|''Kapala''
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Director – Kannada
|S. Mahesh Kumar
|''[[Madhagaja]]''
|-
|[[Hari Santhosh]]
|''[[By Two Love]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Actress – Kannada
|Apporva
|''[[Krishna Talkies]]''
|-
|[[Sangeetha Sringeri]]
|''[[777 Charlie]]'', ''[[Lucky Man (2022 film)|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''
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Villain – Malayalam
|[[Guru Somasundaram]]
|''[[Minnal Murali]]''
|-
|[[Ajmal Ameer]]
|
|-
|Best Debut Actor – Malayalam
|Ranjith Sajeev
|[[Mike (2022 film)|''Mike'']]
|-
|Best Actress – Malayalam
|[[Vinitha Koshy]]
|[[Paka (River of Blood)|''Paka'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Director – Malayalam
|[[Jeo Baby]]
|''[[The Great Indian Kitchen]]''
|-
|[[Vinayan]]{{Efn|Sudhakar Babu took the award.}}
|''[[Pathonpatham Noottandu]]''
|}

== Special awards ==

* Youth Icon of the year (Kannada) – Rajavardan

== Presenters ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Category
!Presenter(s)
|-
|Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award
| rowspan="3" |[[Allu Aravind]], Srikanth Reddy
|-
|Best Actress – Tamil
|-
|Best Director – Tamil
|-
|Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Krishnaveni)
| rowspan="2" |Nandamuri Ramakrishna, [[V. Vijayendra Prasad]], V. Srinivas Rao
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|-
|Santosham Krishnam Raju Smaraka Award
| rowspan="2" |[[Talasani Srinivas Yadav]], Syamaladevi
|-
|Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Vanisri)
|-
|Santosham NTR Smaraka Award (Latha)
| rowspan="6" |[[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
| rowspan="9" |[[Chiranjeevi]]
|-
|Best Debut Director
|-
|Best Debut Actor – Tamil
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actor Award|Best Actor]] (Adivi Sesh)
|-
|[[Santosham Best Dialogue Award|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|Best Choreography
|-
|Best Debut Actor
|-
|Best Lyricist (Suddala Ashok Teja)
|-
|Best Female Playback Singer
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Murali Mohan]]
|-
|Best Debut Music Director
|-
|Best Villain – Malayalam (Guru Somasundaram)
| rowspan="5" |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
| rowspan="4" |Ambhika Krishna, [[Y. Kasi Viswanath]], Madala Ravi
|-
|Best Actor – Tamil
|-
|Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
|-
|[[Santosham Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]] (Shamdat)
|-
|Best Supporting Actor – Kannada
| rowspan="8" |[[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]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]] (Ram Prasad)
|[[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Sukumar]]
|-
|Best Lyricist (Chandrabose)
|[[Babu Mohan]], [[Urvashi Rautela]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Film Award|Best Film]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Babu Mohan]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Music Director Award|Best Music Director]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Director Award|Best Director]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actor Award|Best Actor]] (Allu Arjun)
|}

== Performers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Performance
|-
|[[Urvashi Rautela]]
|Dance
|-
|[[R. P. Patnaik]], Keerthana Srinivas
|Singing
|-
|Warina Hussain
| rowspan="2" |Dance
|-
|[[Kalpika Ganesh]]
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:2022 film awards]]
[[Category:2022 Indian film awards]]
[[Category:Santosham Film Awards]]
[[Category:2022 music awards]]

21st Santosham Film Awards - Revision history

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