20th Santosham Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic and music achievements
Presented on14 November 2021
Date14 November 2021
SiteHyderabad International Convention Center (HICC), Hyderabad, India
Hosted bySuma Kanakala
Sudigali Sudheer
Akul Balaji
Sathish
Mukku Avinash
Syed Sohel Ryan
Ariyana Glory
Produced byKondeti Suresh
Organised by"Santosham'
Magazine issueSantosham
Highlights
Lifetime achievementMurali Mohan
Bharathiraja

The 20th Santosham Film Awards or also, 20th Santosham South Indian Film Awards (officially Santosham – Suman TV South Indian Film Awards 2021) was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 14 November 2021.[1] The ceremony (20th Santosham Film Awards) recognized the best films and performances from the Tollywood and other Indian language films and music released in 2019 and 2020, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The awards are annually presented by Santosham magazine. The event replaced the 18th and 19th ceremonies of Santosham Film Awards.[2][3] The 18th awards ceremony was scheduled to be held in September 2020, which was cancelled to due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Honorary Awards

  • Lifetime Achievement Award – Bharathiraja, Murali Mohan
  • Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award (2019) – Murali Mohan
  • Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award (2020) – L. B. Sriram
  • Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award (2019) – Suman
  • Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award (2020) – Giri Babu
  • Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smaraka Award – Adiseshagiri Rao
  • Santosham EVV Smaraka Award – Vijay Kanakamedala for Naandhi
  • Santosham Dasari Smaraka Award – Bommarillu Bhaskar
  • Santosham Ramu Smaraka Award – Malashri

2019 Main Awards

Film

Category Recipient Film
Best Film[note 1] Dil Raju, C. Ashwini Dutt and Prasad V. Potluri Maharshi
Best Director Harish Shankar Gaddalakonda Ganesh
Best Actress Tamannaah F2: Fun and Frustration
Best Female Director Nandini Reddy Oh! Baby
Best Supporting Actor Allari Naresh Maharshi
Best Character Actor Rajendra Prasad Oh! Baby
Best Female Comedian Hema Vinaya Vidheya Rama
Best Story Writer Shiva Nirvana Majili
Best Dialogue Puri Jagannadh ISmart Shankar
Best Screenplay Kishore Tirumala Chitralahari
Best Action/Best Fight Master Real Satish ISmart Shankar
Best Cinematographer R. Rathnavelu Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
Best Debut Director Vishwak Sen Falaknuma Das
Best Debut Actress Shivathmika Rajashekar Dorasaani
Best Film – Tamil T. G. Thyagarajan Viswasam

2020 Main Awards

Film

Category Recipient Film
Best Character Actor Murali Sharma Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
Best Supporting Actor Sushanth Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
Best Debut Villain Sunil Colour Photo
Best Art Director A. S. Prakash
Best Debut Director Karuna Kumar Palasa 1978
Narendra Nath Miss India
Best Villain – Tamil Mime Gopi
Best Actor – Tamil Ashok Selvan Oh My Kadavule
Best Director – Tamil Ashwath Marimuthu Oh My Kadavule

Music

Category Recipient Film
Best Female Playback Singer Madhu Priya "He's So Cute" from Sarileru Neekevvaru
Best Music Director – Tamil Leon James Oh My Kadavule

Special awards

Presenters

2019 main awards
Category Presenter(s)
Best Director Award Talasani Srinivas Yadav
Best Female Director
Best Film Rajendra Prasad & Bharathiraja
Best Character Actor Murali Mohan
Best Supporting Actor
Best Film – Tamil Tanikella Bharani
Best Action/Best Fight Master Bharathiraja
Best Story Writer Chiranjeevi
Best Actress
Best Debut Director
Best Cinematographer
Best Female Comedian
Best Dialogue Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi
Best Screenplay
Best Debut Actress Malashri & Harsha
2020 main awards
Category Presenter(s)
Best Villain – Tamil Tanikella Bharani
Best Actor – Tamil
Best Director – Tamil
Best Debut Villain Bharathiraja
Best Character Actor Chiranjeevi
Best Debut Director
Best Supporting Actor
Best Female Playback Singer
Best Art Director Malashri & Harsha
Best Debut Director
Other awards
Category Presenter(s)
Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award (2019) Murali Mohan
Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award
Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smaraka Award
Santosham Dasari Smaraka Award Chiranjeevi
Santosham EVV Smaraka Award R. Narayana Murthy & Allari Naresh
Most Promising Actress Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi
Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award (2020)
Santosham Ramu Smaraka Award
Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award
Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Murali Mohan)
Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Bharathiraja)
Special Jury Award Malashri & Harsha

Performers

Note

  1. Priyanka Dutt took the award

References

  1. "Santosham-Suman TV South Indian Film Awards 2021 Curtain Raiser". www.ragalahari.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "Ram Asur Movie Pre Release Event - Photogallery - Page 1". Tupaki. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. Naresh. సంతోషం - సుమన్ టివి సౌత్ ఇండియన్ ఫిలిం అవార్డ్స్ ప్రమోషన్స్ కి సూపర్ రెస్పాన్స్. Suman TV (in Telugu). Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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