Shayama Ananda (Sinhala:???? ?????), popularly known as Chandi Shyama is a Sri Lankan actress and award winning star who appeared in several films of Sinhala cinema.
She is the elder daughter of the cinematographer director and producer, M.
S.
Ananda and producer Violet Ananda of Winjaya/M.S.A.
films.
She first appeared as a 6-month-old baby in the movie Vena Swargayak Kumatada, a Robin Tampoe production in 1960.
In 1969 she won the Lanaka Deepa Deepasika award for best child artists in Sri Lankan Sinhala Cinema’s 25 years history for the portrayal of twin sisters in her father’s first home production Pravesam Venna, an MSA films release.
In 1977-1978 she appeared in dual roles in the movie Chandi Shyama which won the J.R.
Jayawardena presidential award for one of the highest collections by a movie cinema since its beginning in 1948.