The 17th Santosham Film Awards was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 29 September 2019 recognized the best films and performances from the Tollywood films and music released in 2018, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The awards are annually presented by Santosham magazine. It was live telecasted on 99TV network and was re-telecasted on Zee Telugu and Zee Cinemalu.
Honorary Awards
Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award – Jamuna Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Film Journalism) – Gudipoodi Srihari Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award – Vennela Kishore Santosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam Award – Dil Raju Santosham Excellence Awards – Roja Ramani and Prabha
Main awards
Film Award CategoryRecipientFilmBest ActorKartikeya GummakondaRX 100Best DirectorSukumarRangasthalamBest Supporting ActorRajendra PrasadMahanatiBest ComedianSunilAravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaBest Character ActorRamkiRX 100Best CinematographerR. RathnaveluRangasthalamBest Debut ActorVishwak SenEe Nagaraniki EmaindhiBest ChoreographyPrem RakshithRangasthalamBest Young Performers (Child Artiste)Sai TejaswiniMahanatiBest Fight MasterReal SatishRX 100
Music Award CategoryRecipientSingle/Album (film)Best Music DirectorS. ThamanAravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaBest Male Playback SingerAnurag Kulkarni"Pillaa Raa" from RX 100Best Female Playback SingerGanta Venkata Lakshmi"Jigelu Rani" from Rangasthalam
Presenters CategoryPresenter(s)Best Choreography AwardRajendra PrasadBest Cinematographer AwardBest Supporting ActorJamunaBest Young Performers (Child Artiste)Santosham Lifetime Achievement Award (Film Journalism)Babu MohanSantosham Lifetime Achievement AwardAllu Aravind D. Suresh BabuSantosham Allu Ramalingaiah AwardAllu AravindSantosham Daggubati Ramanaidu Smarakam AwardD. Suresh BabuBest Director AwardDil RajuBest Comedian AwardShriya Saran Ambika KrishnaBest Character ActorBest Debut ActorShriya SaranBest Actor AwardJayam Ravi
Shriya SaranSantosham Sridevi Smarakam AwardJayam Ravi Rajasekhar
JeevithaSantosham Excellence AwardsD. Suresh Babu
Allu AravindBest Music Director AwardGanesh Venkatraman
Rajasekhar
JeevithaBest Male Playback Singer AwardS. ThamanBest Female Playback Singer
Performers
Avika Gor Sampoornesh Babu Deepthi Sunaina Nabha Natesh Singer Baby Natasha Doshi Tejaswi Madivada Raghuram, Sruthi & Gayathri
Notes
References
External links 17th Santosham Film Awards 2019 on ZEE5