Question: Who directed the film that was a partial adaption of the American comedy-drama starring Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt?
Context: Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American drama horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on the 1976 novel "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.  The film focuses on Lestat (Cruise) and Louis (Pitt), beginning with Louis's transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791.  The film chronicles their time together, and their turning of a ten-year-old girl, Claudia, into a vampire.  The narrative is framed by a present-day interview, in which Louis tells his story to a San Francisco reporter.  The supporting cast features Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas and Stephen Rea. The Return of Joe Rich is a 2011 American comedy-drama starring Sam Witwer, Armand Assante and Talia Shire. Mission: Impossible is a 1996 American action spy film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by and starring Tom Cruise.  Based on the , the plot follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his mission to uncover the mole who has framed him for the murders of his entire Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team.  Work on the script had begun early with filmmaker Sydney Pollack on board, before De Palma, Steven Zaillian, David Koepp, and Robert Towne were brought in.  "Mission: Impossible" went into pre-production without a shooting script.  De Palma came up with some action sequences, but Koepp and Towne were dissatisfied with the story that led up to those events. Affair with a Stranger is a 1953 American comedy-drama starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature.  It was directed by Roy Rowland, and was originally to be released as Kiss and Run. Mission: Impossible III (stylized as M:i:III) is a 2006 American action spy film co-written and directed by J.J. Abrams in his directorial debut and starring Tom Cruise, who also served as a producer, in the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt.  It is the third installment in the .  In the film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) has retired from field work for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) and trains new recruits.  However, he is sent back into action to track down the elusive arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Edge of Tomorrow (also known by its tagline Live.  Die.  Repeat.  and renamed as Live.  Die.  Repeat.: Edge of Tomorrow such upon home release) is a 2014 American science fiction action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.  Doug Liman directed the film based on a screenplay adapted from the 2004 Japanese light novel "All You Need Is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.  The film takes place in a future where Earth is invaded by an alien race.  Major William Cage (Cruise), a public relations officer with no combat experience, is forced by his superiors to join a landing operation against the aliens.  Though Cage is killed in combat, he finds himself in a time loop that sends him back to the day preceding the battle every time he dies.  Cage teams up with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt) to improve his fighting skills through the repeated days, seeking a way to defeat the extraterrestrial invaders. Crazy Jones is a 2002 American Comedy-Drama starring Joe Aaron and Francesca Catalano.  It is the first feature film from writer-director Joe Aaron. Knight and Day is a 2010 American action comedy film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.  The film, directed by James Mangold, is Cruise and Diaz's second on-screen collaboration following the 2001 film "Vanilla Sky".  Diaz plays June Havens, a classic car restorer who unwittingly gets caught up with the eccentric secret agent Roy Miller, played by Cruise, who is on the run from the CIA. Alexander the Great is a Malayalam film released in May 2010.  The film is directed by Murali Nagavalli, scripted by C. Balu, and stars Mohanlal, Bala and Aswathy.  It is different from most Indian films in that the main character, played by Mohanlal, has no heroine counterpart for his role.  It is described by the director as a "comical racy entertainer".  The film is a partial adaptation of the Hollywood film "Rain Man". Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.  It tells the story of an abrasive, selfish young wheeler-dealer, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware.  Charlie is left with only his father's car and collection of rose bushes.  In addition to the two leads, Valeria Golino stars as Charlie's girlfriend, Susanna.
Answer: Murali Nagavalli