Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor from Kerala.

[citation needed] He was named after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh.

After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master in Media Production at the Hull University, England.

[7] For television, he has adapted the works of Anton Chekhov (Vivahalochana); Albert Camus (The Just); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Viswavikhyathamaya Mookku); Madhavikkutty (Venalinte Ozhivu); N Mohanan (Peruvazhiyile Kariyilakal); Sarah Joseph (Nilavariyunnu), N. P. Mohammed (Ullurukkam) and K. Radhakrishnan (Shamanathalam).

[9] His film Ritu (Seasons) released in early August 2009 is seen by one reporter as the 'coming of age' of Malayalam cinema.