Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2016
The 40th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, honouring the best Malayalam films released in 2016, were announced in March 2017.
Winners
Main Awards
- Best Film: Oppam
- Best Actor: Mohanlal
- Best Actress: Nayanthara
- Best Director: Priyadarshan
- Second Best Film: Jacobinte Swargarajyam
- Best Popular Film: Pulimurugan
- Second Best Actor : Renji Panicker and Siddique
- Second Best Actor : Surabhi Lakshmi
- Best Screenplay: Vineeth Sreenivasan
- Best Music Director: M. Jayachandran
- Best Male Playback Singer: Madhu Balakrishnan
- Best Female Playback Singer: Varsha Vinu and Alka Ajith
- Best Cinematographer: Sujith Vaassudev
- Best Lyricist: Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
- Best Editing: Abhilash Balachandran
- Best Child Artist: Baby Esther Anil and Baby Akshara
- Best Sound Design: Dan Jose
- Best Art Director: M. Bava
- Best Costume Design: Indrans Jayan
- Best Makeup: Saji Koratti
Special Jury Awards
- Socially Relevant Film: Saji S. Palamel
- Sanskrit Film: M. Surendran
- Technical Excellence: Nissar
- Acting: Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
- Acting: Nivin Pauly
- Acting: Tini Tom
- Acting: Samuthirakani