Shyam Fernando

Acting

Shyam Fernando

Shyam Fernando, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is a dubbing artist and was nominated for several dramatic roles.

Acting credits

Malaki Duwe Numba poster
NR

A renowned YouTuber and single mother's romance with a celebrity author sparks turmoil in her fractured family, forcing her teenage daughter to confront past wounds—until an unexpected act of sacrifice heals long-broken bonds.

Malaki Duwe Numba

2025

Apey Principal poster
8.0

A new principal comes to the underdeveloped village school that is affected by lazy teachers and drugs.

Apey Principal

2023

Dirty, Yellow, Darkness poster
5.8

After his wife leaves him, a man with a severe case of OCD who fears that his own urine is contaminating everything around him, admits himself to a mental hospital for treatment to overcome his fear and win his wife back.

Dirty, Yellow, Darkness

2017

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I poster
7.1

The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I

2022

Gaadi - Children of the Sun poster
NR

In 1814, a nobleman from the Kandian Kingdom of Sri Lanka helped the British army to revolt against the king of Southern India, but was driven to a traitor. His wives have to choose between committing suicide or marrying outcasts. Instead of suicide, young and beautiful Tikiri chooses to marry an untouchable, named Vijaya.

Gaadi - Children of the Sun

2019

Riverstone poster
NR

Through the journey of three police officers escorting a suspect who has no grudges against them, this film explores their inner struggles and moral dilemmas when carrying out this "targeted elimination" mission.

Riverstone

2026

Doosra poster
NR

Massive development projects are threatening the traditional livelihoods of remote, agricultural villages of Sri Lanka. Rathi and Anil are lovers living in such testing times. Amidst economic hardships they are forced to choose other means to make their ends meet. A simple scam they attempt gives them an unforeseen satisfaction. Where will this new path lead them?

Doosra

2024

Ponniyin Selvan: Part II poster
6.2

968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s death at sea, the powerful Pazhuvettarayar’s betrayal, and the tragic destiny of Aditha Karikalan, whose heart was long lost to the vengeful Nandini.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part II

2023

Father: The Judgement is inconclusive poster
NR

In the 1970s, in the Gampaha district, Desmond Gunasekara , a deeply religious young man from a very ordinary family, accidentally clashes with a crime gang led by a man named Gnane operating in the area.

Father: The Judgement is inconclusive

2026

Seeds poster
7.0

The film is based on the true story of the Great Catholic Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians that took place in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre that took place in 1560.

Seeds

2022

Marine Drive poster
NR

A hearing-impaired taxi driver is exploiting a loophole in the law to make a living. But when he gets entangled with the criminal-political underworld of Sri Lanka after a fateful taxi ride, the next few hours will decide the rest of his life.

Marine Drive

2024

With You, Without You poster
NR

The film set, in post war Sri Lanka, brings us close to two characters who collide quite accidentally, and through them we experience the deep and seemingly unbridgeable chasm that conflict almost always creates. Will love help them cross the bridge? Or will the past continue to color the present? A man and a woman from the two ends of the thirty-year-old bloody civil war in Sri Lanka discover that the color of love is blue, and life, shades of grey.

With You, Without You

2013

The Newspaper poster
7.0

A small poor family in a remote village at dry zone who faced a series of miseries due to a wrong news report published in the national media stating that their son is involved in a suicide bomb blast carried by L.T.T.E terrorists.

The Newspaper

2020

Paha Samath poster
7.0

Samath's humble and patient demeanor is also highlighted in the movie and contrasts vehemently with the sense of entitlement we see in children educated in major cities. His innate desire to ensure that his village receives electricity and find a practical method of supplying water to his parents' paddy field are what motivate him. Will he succeed - '5 Samath'.

Paha Samath

2017

Burning Birds poster
4.8

Since her fish salesman husband was killed by militant thugs for his political affiliations, Kusum has been left alone to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. She does this by breaking rocks in a nearby quarry. But of course, things can get worse and they do in this heartfelt but gruelling litany of suffering.

Burning Birds

2016

Distance poster
NR

In the gentrifying neighborhoods of Colombo, an adolescent girl copes with her insecurities by seeking solace in fantasy.

Distance

2023

Inflammable poster
NR

Kamal murders his wife and, in an agitated and confused state, he sets on a journey to dispose of the body.

Inflammable

2020

Asandhimitta poster
NR

A renowned filmmaker receives a mysterious call from an old college mate in the middle of the night. Asandhimitta, whom he recalls as a large and voluptuous woman, asks him to make a film based on her life. She then confesses that she was recently involved in a triple homicide of three women and is taken into custody shortly afterwards. Intrigued, the filmmaker attempts to piece together her fragmented story for a film while Asandhimitta herself awaits her fate in a local prison.

Asandhimitta

2019

Abhisari poster
NR

Abhisari explores the lives of sex workers in Sri Lanka and the complex legal and social realities surrounding their work. The film seeks to spark discussion around the legitimacy of sex work as labour, highlighting the stigma, legal barriers, and social attitudes faced by women in the industry while presenting their experiences with dignity.

Abhisari

2026

Asu poster
2.0

Happily pregnant Nelum is diagnosed with cancer. After her baby boy is born safely, she approaches death.

Asu

2021

Paradise poster
6.0

An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.

Paradise

2024

Behind the camera