22nd Santosham Film Awards

22nd Santosham Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic and music achievements
Date	2 December 2023
Hosted by	Suma Kanakala Sravanthi Chokarapu
Produced by	Kondeti Suresh
Organised by	Santosham Magazine
Official website	Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Panaji, India
Television coverage
Network	Mahaa News Mahaa Max

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

Performers

Name	Performance
Dimple Hayathi	Dance
Yashwanth Kumar Master