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{{Short description|2023 Tollywood award ceremony}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| name =
| number = 22
| award = Santosham Film Awards
| awarded_for = Excellence in cinematic and music achievements
| date = 2 December 2023
| website = [[Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium]], [[Panaji]], India
| host = {{plainlist|
* [[Suma Kanakala]]
* Sravanthi Chokarapu}}
| producer = Kondeti Suresh
| organiser = ''Santosham'' Magazine
| lifetime_achievement =
| channel =
| network = {{plainlist|
* [[MAHAA TV|Mahaa News]]
* [[MAHAA TV|Mahaa Max]]}}
| duration =
| last = [[21st Santosham Film Awards|21st]]
| next = 23rd
| award_link = Santosham Film Awards
}}

The '''22nd Santosham Film Awards''', officially known as '''Santosham South Indian Film Awards 2023''', was an awards ceremony held at [[Panaji]], India on 2 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2023 |title=22వ సంతోషం సౌత్ ఇండియన్ ఫిల్మ్ అవార్డ్స్.. ఈసారి ఘనంగా గోవాలో.. |url=https://10tv.in/telugu-news/movies/suresh-kondeti-santosham-awards-will-held-in-goa-this-time-735660.html |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=10TV Telugu |language=te}}</ref> The ceremony recognized the best films and performances from the [[Telugu cinema|Tollywood]] and other Indian language films released in 2023, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The awards are annually presented by ''Santosham'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2023 |title='Entirely My Initiative, No Connection With Telugu Industry': Suresh Kondeti On Santosham Awards Row |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/entirely-my-initiative-no-connection-with-telugu-industry-suresh-kondeti-on-santosham-awards-row-8691876.html |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Honorary awards ==

* Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award – [[Harsha Chemudu]]
* Santosham Akkineni Nageswara Rao Smaraka Award – [[Jayasudha]]

== Main awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Category
!Recipient
!Work
|-
|[[Santosham Best Film Award|Best Film]]
|[[Venu Yeldandi]]
|[[Balagam (film)|''Balagam'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Santosham Best Director Award|Best Director]]
|[[Gopichand Malineni]]
|''[[Veera Simha Reddy]]''
|-
|[[Sai Rajesh]]
|[[Baby (2023 film)|''Baby'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Producer Award|Best Producer]]
|Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu
|[[Baby (2023 film)|''Baby'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]
|[[Anand Deverakonda]]
|[[Baby (2023 film)|''Baby'']]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|[[Samyuktha (actress, born 1995)|Samyuktha]]
|[[Virupaksha (film)|''Virupaksha'']]
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Srikanth Iyengar]]
|''[[Bedurulanka 2012]]''
|-
|[[Santosham Best Villain Award|Best Villain]]
|[[Vishwak Sen]]
|''[[Das Ka Dhamki]]''
|-
|Best Lyricist
|[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
|"[[Naatu Naatu]]" from [[RRR (film)|''RRR'']]
|-
|Best Debut Director
|Dandela Yelleshwara Rao
|''Love You Ram''
|-
|Best Debut Actress
|[[Vaishnavi Chaitanya]]
|[[Baby (2023 film)|''Baby'']]
|-
|Best Child Actor
|Allu Arha{{Efn|[[Allu Aravind]] took the award.}}
|''[[Shaakuntalam]]''
|-
|[[Santosham Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]]
|[[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|Ram Prasad]]
|''[[Bhagavanth Kesari]]''
|-
|Best Action
|[[Ram Lakshman (stunt choreographers)|Ram Lakshman]]
|''[[Waltair Veerayya]]''
|-
|Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
|[[Saritha]]{{Efn|[[Murali Mohan]] took the award.}}
|[[Maaveeran (2023 film)|''Maaveeran'']]
|-
|Best Debut Actress – Tamil
|[[Malvika Sharma]]
|''[[Coffee with Kadhal]]''
|-
|Best Film – Kannada
|[[B. Suresha]], [[Shylaja Nag]]
|[[Kranti (2023 film)|''Kranti'']]
|-
|Best Director – Kannada
|[[Harsha (director)|Harsha]]
|[[Vedha (2022 film)|''Vedha'']]
|-
|Best Actress – Kannada
|[[Shriya Saran]]
|[[Kabzaa (2023 film)|''Kabzaa'']]
|-
|Best Debut Director – Kannada
|Nithin Krishnamurthy
|''[[Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare]]''
|-
|Best Film – Malayalam
|{{Efn|Bash Mohammed took the award.}}
|[[Jana Gana Mana (2022 film)|''Jana Gana Mana'']]
|-
|Best Director – Malayalam
|Bash Mohammed
|''[[Ennalum Ente Aliya]]''
|-
|Best Actor – Malayalam
|[[Sreenath Bhasi]]
|''[[Sumesh and Ramesh]]''
|-
|Best Actress – Malayalam
|[[Gayatri Arun]]
|''[[Ennalum Ente Aliya]]''
|-
|Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam
|Merin Philip
|''[[Vaathil]]''
|-
|Best Family Entertainer – Malayalam
|Sanoop Thykoodam
|''[[Sumesh and Ramesh]]''
|-
|Best Music Director – Malayalam
|[[Ranjin Raj]]
|''[[Malikappuram]]''
|-
|Best Writer – Malayalam
|Sharis Mohammed
|[[Jana Gana Mana (2022 film)|''Jana Gana Mana'']]
|}

== Special awards ==

* Special Jury Award – Karthik Varma Dandu – [[Virupaksha (film)|''Virupaksha'']]

== Presenters ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Category
!Presenter(s)
|-
|Best Music Director – Malayalam
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Atchi Reddy]], [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]]
|-
|Best Family Entertainer – Malayalam
|-
|Best Director – Malayalam
| rowspan="4" |[[Chota K. Naidu]], [[Mallidi Vassishta]]
|-
|Best Actress – Malayalam
|-
|Best Writer – Malayalam
|-
|Best Film – Malayalam
|-
|Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam
| rowspan="4" |[[Gopichand Malineni]], KL Damodar, Vamsi Krishna Marella
|-
|Best Action
|-
|Best Lyricist
|-
|[[Santosham Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]]
|-
|Best Actor – Malayalam
| rowspan="5" |[[Allu Aravind]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Director Award|Best Director]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Producer Award|Best Producer]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Villain Award|Best Villain]]
|-
|Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award
|-
|Santosham ANR Smaraka Award
|[[Allu Aravind]], [[Murali Mohan]]
|-
|Best Child Actor
| rowspan="2" |[[Jayasudha]]
|-
|Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
|-
|Best Debut Actress – Tamil
| rowspan="4" |Bharat
|-
|Best Actress – Kannada
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
|-
|Special Jury Award
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|Karthik Varma Dandu, [[Samyuktha (actress, born 1995)|Samyuktha]]
|-
|Best Debut Actress
| rowspan="2" |Ambika Krishna, [[Murali Mohan]]
|-
|[[Santosham Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]
|-
|Best Debut Director
| rowspan="3" |Ambika Krishna, [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Sapthami Gowda]]
|-
|Best Director – Kannada
|-
|Best Film – Kannada
|-
|Best Debut Director – Kannada
|[[Ramesh Aravind]], Viranika Shettty
|}

== Performers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Performance
|-
|[[Dimple Hayathi]]
| rowspan="2" |Dance
|-
|Yashwanth Kumar Master
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:2023 film awards]]
[[Category:2023 Indian film awards]]
[[Category:Santosham Film Awards]]

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JerryTurner844 at 12:58, 18 September 2024