title: 20th Santosham Film Awards
text: # 20th Santosham Film Awards
  
  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. 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. 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 | 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 |
  | Best Debut Director | 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
  
  * Most Promising Actress – Payal Rajput
  * Special Jury Award – Aditi Bhavaraju for "Baavochhadu" from Palasa 1978
  
  ## Presenters
  
  2019 main awards :
  
  | Category | Presenter(s) |
  | - | - |
  | Best Director Award | Talasani Srinivas Yadav |
  | Best Female Director | Talasani Srinivas Yadav |
  | Best Film | Rajendra Prasad & Bharathiraja |
  | Best Character Actor | Murali Mohan |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Murali Mohan |
  | Best Film – Tamil | Tanikella Bharani |
  | Best Action/Best Fight Master | Bharathiraja |
  | Best Story Writer | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Actress | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Debut Director | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Cinematographer | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Female Comedian | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Dialogue | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Screenplay | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Debut Actress | Malashri & Harsha |
  
  2020 main awards :
  
  | Category | Presenter(s) |
  | - | - |
  | Best Villain – Tamil | Tanikella Bharani |
  | Best Actor – Tamil | Tanikella Bharani |
  | Best Director – Tamil | Tanikella Bharani |
  | Best Debut Villain | Bharathiraja |
  | Best Character Actor | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Debut Director | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Female Playback Singer | Chiranjeevi |
  | Best Art Director | Malashri & Harsha |
  | Best Debut Director | Malashri & Harsha |
  
  Other awards :
  
  | Category | Presenter(s) |
  | - | - |
  | Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award (2019) | Murali Mohan |
  | Santosham Akkineni Smaraka Award | Murali Mohan |
  | Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smaraka Award | Murali Mohan |
  | 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) | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Santosham Ramu Smaraka Award | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Murali Mohan) | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Bharathiraja) | Allu Aravind & Chiranjeevi |
  | Special Jury Award | Malashri & Harsha |
  
  ## Performers
  
  * Monal Gajjar
  * Divi Vaidya
  * Akhil Sarthak
  * Hamida
  * Pragathi
  * Indraja
  * Mishra
  * Hebah Patel
  * Raai Laxmi
  * Sandeep & Jyothi Raj
  
  ## Note
  
  * ↑ Priyanka Dutt took the award
  