The Chalachitra Ratnam Award is one of the annual awards given at the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards since 1993 for lifetime achievement in Malayalam cinema.
| Year | Recipient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | |||
| 1994 | Madhu | ||
| 1995 | P. Bhaskaran | ||
| 1996 | Aranmula Ponnamma | ||
| 1997 | Navodaya Appachan | ||
| 1998 | K. J. Yesudas | ||
| 1999 | K. Ravindranathan Nair | ||
| 2000 | Sukumari | ||
| 2001 | Balachandra Menon | ||
| 2002 | Bharat Gopy | ||
| 2003 | Mohanlal | ||
| 2004 | Mammootty | ||
| 2005 | Thilakan | ||
| 2006 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | ||
| P. V. Gangadharan | |||
| 2007 | T. E. Vasudevan | ||
| 2008 | |||
| 2009 | Jagathy Sreekumar | ||
| 2010 | K. S. Sethumadhavan | ||
| 2011 | O. N. V. Kurup | ||
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