Hariharan (director)
Hariharan is an Indian film director who has directed over 50 Malayalam films.
His movies mainly revolve around the cultural and relational aspects of a typical Keralite society.
His most notable works include" Panchagni"( 1986)," Nakhakshathangal"( 1987)," Amrutham Gamaya"( 1987)," Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha"( 1989)," Sargam"( 1992)," Parinayam"( 1994), and" Pazhassi Raja"( 2009), has won him wide critical acclaim.
I Wish I Knew
I Wish I Knew  is a 2010 Chinese documentary film directed by Jia Zhangke.
It was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
The film features a number of people (including film director Hou Hsiao-hsien) talking about their life experiences of Shanghai, and about China's film history.
Pazhassi Raja
Pazhassi Raja (3 January 1753-30 November 1805) was born as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah.
He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam, otherwise known as Cotiote, in Malabar, India, between 1774 and 1805.
His struggles with the British East India Company is known as the Cotiote War.
He is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of Kerala) on account of his martial exploits.
Pazhassi Raja was a member of the western branch of the Kottayam royal clan.
When Hyder Ali of the Kingdom of Mysore occupied Malabar in 1773, the Raja of Kottayam found political asylum in Travancore.
Pazhassi Raja, the fourth prince in line for succession to the throne during this period, became one of the "de facto" heads of state, surpassing several older royal contenders.
He fought a war of resistance against the Mysorean army from 1774 to 1793.
On account of his refusal to flee and due to his effective resistance to Mysoreans, he gained firm support of his subjects.
In 1792, after the Third Anglo-Mysore War, the East India Company imposed control in Kottayam in violation of an earlier agreement of 1790 which had recognised its independence.
Vira Varma, to whom Raja was a nephew, was appointed by the East India Company authorities as the Raja of Kottayam.
To meet revenue targets fixed by Company authorities, Vira Varma ordered an exorbitant tax to be collected from the peasantry and this move was met in 1793 by a mass resistance led by Pazhassi Raja, who had always been opposed to the Company's rule.
In 1796, the Company made an attempt to arrest Pazhassi Raja, but he evaded capture and instead fought back using guerilla warfare.
After a string of serious setbacks, the Company sued for peace in 1797.
The conflict was renewed in 1800 over a dispute on Wayanad and after a five-year-long war of insurgency, Pazhassi Raja was killed on 30 November 1805 in a gun-fight at Mavila Thodu (small body of water), in the present day Kerala-Karnataka border.
Aikya Keralam Thampuran
Kerala Varma Thampuran (1870 – July 1948) popularly known as "Aikya Keralam Thampuran" or "Kerala Varma VII" was the Maharaja (king) of Cochin who ruled between 1946 and 1947.
He mooted the idea of a unified Kerala state in India for the Malayalam speaking population and stood for the merging of British Malabar, Cochin and Travancore.
Therefore, he was given the sobriquet "Ikyakeralam Thampuran" (King who united Kerala).
He died in July 1948 (1123 Midhunam 25th according to the Malayalam calendar).
He was also the brain behind the formation of Sree Kerala Varma College at Thrissur, named after him.
Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran
Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran (19 February 1845 – 22 September 1914) also spelt Kerala Varma Valiya Koilthampuran and known as Kerala Varma, was a Malayalam-language poet and translator who had an equal facility in writing in English and Sanskrit from the Indian state of Kerala.
He was part of the royal family of erstwhile Parappanad, Malabar.
Kerala Varma is also known as the "Kalidasa of Kerala".
Kerala Varma has been called "a colossal Renaissance figure in 19th century Kerala" and "perhaps the first of the major [Malayalam language] writers who consciously and deliberately began to absorb and celebrate the Western influence" on his native literature.
He advocated resuscitation of Malayalam literature by absorbing selected Western influences combined with native Sanskritic elements in poetry, drama and prose.
Vira Varma
Vira Varma was the second ranking prince of Kottayam and last Raja of Kurumbranad.
He is more famous as the uncle of his better known nephew Pazhassi Raja.
Vira Varma and his nephews, Ravi Varma and Kerala Varma( Pazhassi Raja) rose to prominence in turbulent days that followed Hyder Ali's invasion of Malabar in 1774.
Described as a wicked and scheming person, Vira Varma also had vengeful and jealous disposition and was always at loggerheads with Pazhassi Raja.
In 1792, he surrendered his kingdom to the British and agreed to collect and pay tribute fixed by British officials.
In 1793, he was adopted by Rama Raja of Kurumbranad as successor.
His cruel revenue policy led to a peasant rebellion led by his nephew, Pazhassi Raja.
This rebellion turned into a full blown war between the British and Pazhassi Raja.
In 1797, Pazhassi Raja won the war and one of his terms was for the British to recognize his claim that Vira Varma must not be permitted to rule Kottayam, since being Raja of Kurumbranad had removed his right to his native home.
Britain accepted his claim and thus, ended Vira Varma's dream to rule Kottayam and Kurumbranad together.
Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke( born 24 May 1970) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter.
He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the" Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an and Zhang Yuan.
Jia's early films, a loose trilogy based in his home province of Shanxi, were made outside of China's state- run film bureaucracy, and therefore are considered" underground" films.
Beginning in 2004, Jia's status in his own country rose when he was allowed to direct his fourth feature film," The World", with state approval.
Jia's films have received critical praise and have been recognized internationally, notably winning the Venice Film Festival's top award Golden Lion for" Still Life".
NPR critic John Powers praised him as"( perhaps) the most important filmmaker working in the world today."
Gokulam Gopalan
Gokulam Gopalan is an Indian businessman, film producer and distributor from Kerala.
He is the owner of Gokulam Group of Companies.
He is best known for producing the 2009 historical drama film Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja and the 2015 Kollywood action thriller Thoongaa Vanam.
Other significant film credits include Naku Penta Naku Taka( 2013), Thilothama( 2015), Clint( 2017) and Kayamkulam Kochunni( 2018).
In 2018, he appeared alongside Dileep and Siddharth in Rathish Ambat `s Malayalam drama Kammara Sambhavam.
His 2019 releases include Mr.& Ms. Rowdy and Kuttimama.
Pazhassi Raja (1964 film)
Pazhassi Raja is a 1964 Malayalam biographical film, directed and produced by Kunchako.
It is written by well known playwright Thikkodiyan and is based on the life of warrior king Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja.
It stars Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair in the title role, with Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Satyapal, S. P. Pillai, Rajashree and Pankajavalli in other important roles.
" Pazhassi Raja" is the second historical film in Malayalam, the first one was" Veluthamby Dalava"( 1962) by the same director.
" Pazhassi Raja" was completely filmed from Kunchako's Udaya Studios, which resulted in the lack of technical perfection and eventually lead to the commercial failure of the film.
Its music is composed by A. R. Rahman's father R. K.
Shekhar, who debuted as a music director through this film.
The music was widely appreciated and was a hit.
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (film)
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century.
The film was directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by Gokulam Gopalan.
It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Mammootty, Manoj K. Jayan, Kanika Subramaniam, Sarath Kumar, Padmapriya, Thilakan, Peter Handley Evans, Harry Key, Linda Arsenio and Jagathi Sreekumar.
The music score and soundtrack were created by Ilaiyaraaja, while its sound design is by Resul Pookutty.
The political situation of the time is portrayed from an Indian viewpoint in the film, and the locals are treated sympathetically.
The film won National Film Award for Best Background Score, Best Audiography and Special Jury Award (for Padmapriya).
It received numerous other accolades including eight Kerala State Film Awards and seven Filmfare Awards South.
"Pazhassi Raja" was produced at a cost of 27 crore, making it the costliest film made in Malayalam until then.
Originally filmed in Malayalam, "Pazhassi Raja" was dubbed in Tamil as well as Hindi.
The film released on 16 October 2009 across Kerala with 150 prints.

Question: Do both films, I Wish I Knew and Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Film), have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no