20th Santosham Film Awards

The 20th Santosham Film Awards, officially known as Santosham – Suman TV South Indian Film Awards 2021, was an awards ceremony held at Hyderabad, India on 14 November 2021. The ceremony 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

Special awards

 * Most Promising Actress – Payal Rajput
 * Special Jury Award – Aditi Bhavaraju for "Baavochhadu" from Palasa 1978

Performers

 * Monal Gajjar
 * Divi Vaidya
 * Akhil Sarthak
 * Hamida
 * Pragathi
 * Indraja
 * Mishra
 * Hebah Patel
 * Raai Laxmi
 * Sandeep & Jyothi Raj