Rabindra Coomaraswamy (29 December 1930 – 22 March 2000), popularly known by his stage name Robin Tampoe, was a film maker of Sri Lankan cinema.
The baby was named Rabindra in memory of renowned Indian dramatist Rabindranath Tagore's visit to Ceylon.
Robin's grand father Gurusami Thananiel Hunt Tampoe was a lawyer in the District Court.
[5] In 1960 he married an ethnic Sinhalese, Rita Carmelyn Fernando, from Ja-Ela whom he had met during his law college days.
He generated his own interest in cinema after observing his father who directed the early Sinhala films including Sepali, Samiya Birindage Deviyaya, Landaka Mahima, and Waradata Danduwam.
The 1960s, he visited a number of North Indian studios, including the Bombay Talkies to produce Sinhala films.
[5] His studio became a training ground for several local actors, actresses, music directors, cameramen and technical assistants.
In 1964, he released the blockbuster film Sudo Sudu which made the entry of renowned music director, Somadasa Elvitigala.
Robin also introduced the cameraman Timothy Weeraratne and renowned actresses Suvineetha Weerasinghe and Nita Fernando to Sinhala cinema.