Trivia

The song "Soduru Lowata Mal Wehala" which he sang with Geetha Kumarasinghe in the 1978 film Apeksha is one of the most popular songs in Sinhala cinema. In that film, the terrible fight with Ranjan Mendis was also one of the most adventurous fights in Sinhala cinema.

His first television acting came through Sriyani Amarasena's "Ira Batu Tharuwa", which was shot in England.

The 1971 film Dævena Pipasa made his first lead role.

He is considered as one of the best stunt directors in Sinhala cinema.

A Buddhist devotee, Fernando never gave up going to the Dhamma School at Deepaduttaramaya in Kotahena on every Sundays.

His last direction came through Ninja Sri Lanka.

He took national colors for sports such as karate and gymnastics as well.

After leaving school in 1963, he went to work for the Mackwood Company in Colombo.

Fernando pointed out that stunt is an art when every time he gets a chance at the films like Bicycle Hora, Ohoma Hondada and Penava Neda.

Although he entered as a martial artist, he was not centered in it. His most adventurous fight scene after Chandiya was in the films Kapatikama and Kauda Hari.

Robin Fernando was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television as well as a stunt coordinator.

According to Fernando, his first cinema acting came through Chandiya, but it was screened in 1965 after his second film Dheewarayo was screened in 1964.

In 1983, Fernando directed his first film Sura Doothiyo, which was based on real incidents.

Robin Fernando had been receiving treatment for Parkinson's disease for nearly two years.

He completed his education from St. Benedict's College, Colombo during the period that World War II occurred.