Kaushalya Fernando

Acting

Kaushalya Fernando

Born 1963-07-30

Kaushalya Fernando (Sinhala: කෞෂල්‍යා ප්‍රනාන්දු), is a Sri Lankan actress, director, producer and a civil activist. Highly versatile actress who dominated stage drama and cinema, Fernando is a five-time winner of the prestigious best actress award at the State Drama festival. She is the daughter of popular theatre director late Somalatha Subasinghe.

Acting credits

Moda Tharindu poster
8.0

A family loss leads a man on a life-altering journey in which he gains new perspectives on his family, friendships and relationships.

Moda Tharindu

2025

Tentigo poster
7.0

An embarrassing problem emerges in a quiet household somewhere in a province of Sri Lanka. The patriarch of a lovely family suddenly dies in front of the TV one fateful night. He experienced something soulfully romantic before his last breath and the most sensitive part of his deceased body still functions without pulse or blood pressure. His two grown sons and a mourning mother are eager to bend down the standing organ to avoid shameful reactions at the funeral.

Tentigo

2025

Flowers of the Sky poster
6.5

A Silver screen idol of yesteryear a faded star today. In the web of a scandal the limelight is all her again. A long forgotten secret resurfaces making her undertake the most painful journey ever.

Flowers of the Sky

2008

This Is My Moon poster
5.2

Set in a Northern border village during the Sri Lankan Civil War, a Sinhalese soldier meets a Tamil girl in the battlefield. The soldier leaves the army with the girl, and goes back to his village. The arrival of the Tamil girl into this predominantly Sinhala village causes a stir within the community, where they collectively decide to send her to a refugee camp. "This is My Moon" is a controversial examination of village life, where rural myths are shattered to reveal a deeper reality of a society torn apart by war.

This Is My Moon

2000

Spying Stars poster
NR

Scientist Anandi visits Hanuman Island to perform the last rites ritual for her father. She is immediately placed in quarantine in a remote hotel due to a pandemic caused by a machine-dominant world. When a mysterious star starts following her, she escapes and seeks refuge with a mother and her transgender daughter.

Spying Stars

2026

Mother Teresa of Calcutta poster
6.7

The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the dying and the abandoned children in the slums of Calcutta, challenging many authorities - including the church - along the way.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

2003

Smarana Samapthi - An Absolution poster
NR

A tribute and reflection on the political turmoil and tragic loss of life during the late '80s in Sri Lanka.

Smarana Samapthi - An Absolution

1999

Flying Fish poster
1.5

A mother and son, a young pregnant woman and a schoolgirl experience the harsh realities of war in Sri Lanka as they also struggle to survive their own personal battles.

Flying Fish

2011

Goal poster
6.0

Goal is the story of bunch of ordinary village children who challenge the impossible with the help of a teacher who refuses to see them fail.

Goal

2018

For a Son poster
8.5

Sunita, a middle-aged Sri Lankan woman, lives with her teenage son on the outskirts of a northern Italian city where she works as a caregiver. The relationship between mother and son is fraught with tension and silence. Having grown up in Italy, the boy is a cultural hybrid his mother struggles to understand, as she fights to live in a country to which she does not want to belong.

For a Son

2016

Between Two Worlds poster
6.0

The young man fell from the sky. Communication relay burns. Flee from the city and its commotion, return to nature. Become part of another story. That of the legend of the prince. In the hope of a love, hiding behind the hollow in a tree. Nothing magic is improbable. What happened yesterday, may happen again tomorrow.

Between Two Worlds

2010

Dark in the White Light poster
2.0

A Buddhist monk on a spiritual quest. A Student trying to test his limits. An organ dealer growing his business. A surgeon who heals by day and rapes women at night.

Dark in the White Light

2015

Thaala poster
8.0

Asela, a young teacher comes to the Hatagala Elementary School situated in a remote rural village. In a short period of time, he is able to create a new educational awakening in the school with attractive, teaching methods.

Thaala

2019

Jeonju Digital Project 2012 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jeonju Digital Project 2012

2012

Neera poster
NR

Neera is a heartfelt tale of love, rediscovery, and the unseen threads that bind us. it explores passion, fate, and regret - inviting us to reflect on our choices and the love we may overlook until it's out of reach.

Neera

2025

Under the Sun and Moon poster
NR

A Coincidental meeting of a Soldier and an Army officer at a dark night, in a forest burning with war, between Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Soldier's efforts born out of sheer respect to save the life of his critically wounded senior Officer become futile at the end. At the Senior officer's death, the soldier nagged constantly by his conscience and its questioning, feels that he too was responsible for the death of his Senior Officer. in the face of this, the soldier begins to probe into the past of the Senior Officer's life and engages in boundless sacrifice to bring justice to him, and in that process soldier gets Senior Officer's past wrongs corrected.

Under the Sun and Moon

2010

Ali Kathawa poster
10.0

Ali Kathawa is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films.

Ali Kathawa

2017

Light in the Yellow Breathing Space poster
10.0

In one of the most beautiful places on the planet, a father wants his young son to witness his last breath to arrive at a deeper understanding of life.

Light in the Yellow Breathing Space

2012

The Forsaken Land poster
4.5

A home-guard serviceman assigned the task of standing watch over a barren no-man's-land begins to experience an existential crisis after years of lonely service.

The Forsaken Land

2005

The Other Half poster
7.0

Living with the pain of a poisoned environment and a society that doesn't understand the value of an individual.

The Other Half

2019

Kandak Sema poster
NR

Based on a novel written by Sumithra Rahubadda.

Kandak Sema

2023

Sanda Dadayama / Moon Hunt poster
NR

Moon Hunt is filled with magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder. The story moves so fast that a typical cinemagoer may find it difficult to follow it to understand the core message it delivers. But that is typical of all Handagama creations. Unless you dive into them several times, with patience in mind and heart, you cannot learn of what he says. But once it dawns on you, you will find them rare gems that have been carefully cut and polished for you to enjoy the hidden beauty in them. Till then, Handagama himself is magic, mystery, and wonder.

Sanda Dadayama / Moon Hunt

1996

Scent of the Lotus Pond poster
6.3

Three rural, working class garment factory girls - a pampered prima-Donna (Mangala), a safe runner (Swineetha) and a tormented vixen (Gothami) go through trials and tribulations of their bitter sweet youth in a liberalized industrial zone in the city. Lovelorn Gothami makes life difficult for everyone around her and creates her own tragedy by obsessively falling in love with her pretty friend Mangala's sexually frustrated lover, Vipula. The carefree existence of the three girls end in catastrophe and gothami disappears. An accidental meeting of the two girls after several years results in a confession by the ever winning Mangala. the revelation shocks Gothami. Perhaps for the first time Gothami sees life, winning and losing, suffering and salvation in a completely different perspective, which she never thought existed.

Scent of the Lotus Pond

2015

The Strange Familiar poster
8.0

Dinithi tries very hard to communicate with her husband, but he ignores her presence relentlessly. The harder she tries to reach him, the deeper his silence becomes. Their 8 year old daughter watches them. Her parents try to get involved but receive the same silent treatment from him.

The Strange Familiar

2019