# 22nd 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. The ceremony recognized the best films and performances from the 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.

## Honorary awards

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

## Main awards

| Category | Recipient | Work |
| Best Film | Venu Yeldandi | Balagam |
| Best Director | Gopichand Malineni | Veera Simha Reddy |
| Best Director | Sai Rajesh | Baby |
| Best Producer | Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu | Baby |
| Best Actor | Anand Deverakonda | Baby |
| Best Actress | Samyuktha | Virupaksha |
| Best Supporting Actor | Srikanth Iyengar | Bedurulanka 2012 |
| Best Villain | Vishwak Sen | Das Ka Dhamki |
| Best Lyricist | Chandrabose | "Naatu Naatu" from RRR |
| Best Debut Director | Dandela Yelleshwara Rao | Love You Ram |
| Best Debut Actress | Vaishnavi Chaitanya | Baby |
| Best Child Actor | Allu Arha | Shaakuntalam |
| Best Cinematographer | Ram Prasad | Bhagavanth Kesari |
| Best Action | Ram Lakshman | Waltair Veerayya |
| Best Supporting Actress – Tamil | Saritha | Maaveeran |
| Best Debut Actress – Tamil | Malvika Sharma | Coffee with Kadhal |
| Best Film – Kannada | B. Suresha, Shylaja Nag | Kranti |
| Best Director – Kannada | Harsha | Vedha |
| Best Actress – Kannada | Shriya Saran | Kabzaa |
| Best Debut Director – Kannada | Nithin Krishnamurthy | Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare |
| Best Film – Malayalam | | 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 |

## Special awards

* Special Jury Award – Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha

## Presenters

| Category | Presenter(s) |
| Best Music Director – Malayalam | K. Atchi Reddy, S. V. Krishna Reddy |
| Best Family Entertainer – Malayalam | K. Atchi Reddy, S. V. Krishna Reddy |
| Best Director – Malayalam | Chota K. Naidu, Mallidi Vassishta |
| Best Actress – Malayalam | Chota K. Naidu, Mallidi Vassishta |
| Best Writer – Malayalam | Chota K. Naidu, Mallidi Vassishta |
| Best Film – Malayalam | Chota K. Naidu, Mallidi Vassishta |
| Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam | Gopichand Malineni, KL Damodar, Vamsi Krishna Marella |
| Best Action | Gopichand Malineni, KL Damodar, Vamsi Krishna Marella |
| Best Lyricist | Gopichand Malineni, KL Damodar, Vamsi Krishna Marella |
| Best Cinematographer | Gopichand Malineni, KL Damodar, Vamsi Krishna Marella |
| Best Actor – Malayalam | Allu Aravind |
| Best Director | Allu Aravind |
| Best Producer | Allu Aravind |
| Best Villain | Allu Aravind |
| Allu Ramalingaiah Smaraka Award | Allu Aravind |
| Santosham ANR Smaraka Award | Allu Aravind, Murali Mohan |
| Best Child Actor | Jayasudha |
| Best Supporting Actress – Tamil | Jayasudha |
| Best Debut Actress – Tamil | Bharat |
| Best Actress – Kannada | Bharat |
| Best Actress | Bharat |
| Special Jury Award | Bharat |
| Best Supporting Actor | Karthik Varma Dandu, Samyuktha |
| Best Debut Actress | Ambika Krishna, Murali Mohan |
| Best Actor | Ambika Krishna, Murali Mohan |
| Best Debut Director | Ambika Krishna, Ramesh Aravind, Sapthami Gowda |
| Best Director – Kannada | Ambika Krishna, Ramesh Aravind, Sapthami Gowda |
| Best Film – Kannada | Ambika Krishna, Ramesh Aravind, Sapthami Gowda |
| Best Debut Director – Kannada | Ramesh Aravind, Viranika Shettty |

## Performers

| Name | Performance |
| Dimple Hayathi | Dance |
| Yashwanth Kumar Master | Dance |