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Santosham awards ceremony turned out to be disaster?

Santosham awards ceremony turned out to be disaster?

The Santosham South Indian Film Awards 2023 event was held in Goa on December 2nd. Popular journalist and publisher Suresh Kondeti organising this awards ceremony from last 20 years. It was successful every time with the attendance of stars from various industries.

But this time the awards ceremony was a disaster with lot of things gone in wrong place. On Sunday, a few Sandalwood film celebs said that they faced insult and humiliation during the conduct of the event under the aegis of senior 

The event, which started well, was abruptly halted when it was the Kannada film industry's turn to receive awards. Lot of artists didn't received good hospitality and waited in lobby for hours. The cabs, food, security everything was a disaster.

As per reports, the police had to intervene to sort out issues at the hotel. Yesterday producer Allu Aravind issued a statement that the award ceremony is not related to Telugu film industry. Suresh Kondeti is not Chiranjeevi’s PRO and he did the ceremony on his own.

Goa government also issued a strong statement about the awards ceremony failure while Telugu media journalists association issued a press note revealing the failures and how Suresh Kondeti escaped from Goa without any concern. Now the issue has become big and industry is ready to take action on organisers.