A. Jagannathan
A. Jagannathan( 26 November 19357 October 2012) was an Indian film director who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada an Hindi film industry.
He directed nearly 50 films in Tamil.
4th Filmfare Awards
The 4th Filmfare Awards were held in 5 May 1957, in Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi cinema for the year 1956.
" Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje" became the biggest winner; it was awarded Best Film of 1956 and Best Director, both for V. Shantaram.
" Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje" had the highest number of nomination, with four, and won all four awards.
" Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje" was followed by Bimal Roy's" Devdas" with three nominations, all of which it won.
Dilip Kumar won his third Best Actor trophy for" Devdas".
Nutan won her first Best Actress trophy for" Seema".
Vyjayanthimala won her first Filmfare in the Supporting Actress category for" Devdas", but declined her award as she thought that her role was not supporting and was equally important as that film's other female lead.
She was the first person to decline the Filmfare Award.
However, she later won the Filmfare Best Actress trophy for Sadhna in 1958, followed by two more awards in the same category.
While most of the nominated films were released in 1956, some films which won most of the main awards were 1955 releases.
" DevdasJhanak Jhanak Payal BaajeSeema" and" Shree 420" were 1955 films but were not considered for the 3rd Filmfare Awards.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Tahqiqaat
Tahqiqaat is a 1993 Bollywood thriller film, produced by K.C. Bokadia under the BMB Productions banner and directed by A. Jagannathan.
It stars Jeetendra, Aditya Pancholi, Sangeeta Bijlani in the lead roles and music composed by Anu Malik.
The film is a remake of the Malayalam movie" Post Mortem"( 1982), which was remade in Tamil as" Vellai Roja"( 1983), starring Sivaji Ganesan& Prabhu, in Telugu as" S.P. Bhayankar"( 1984), starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao& Krishnam Raju and in Kannada as" Dharmathma"( 1988) with Tiger Prabhakar in the pivotal roles.
Film performed moderately well at the box office.
Sandhya Shantaram
Sandhya( born 1932/33) nee Vijaya Deshmukh is an Indian film actress.
She is best known for her appearances in various Hindi and Marathi films directed by her husband V. Shantaram, in 1950s- 1960s, most notably" Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje"( 1955)," Do Aankhen Barah Haath"( 1958)," Navrang"( 1959), Marathi film" Pinjra"( 1972) and" Amar Bhoopali"( 1951).
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje is a 1955 Bollywood film directed by V. Shantaram.
It stars Shantaram's wife Sandhya and dancer Gopi Krishna in lead roles.
One of the earlier Technicolor films made in India, the film won the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film, the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, and the Filmfare Best Movie Award.
The film was declared a "Super Hit" at Box office India.
Sandhya Shantaram
Sandhya( born 1932/33) nee Vijaya Deshmukh is an Indian film actress.
She is best known for her appearances in various Hindi and Marathi films directed by her husband V. Shantaram, in 1950s- 1960s, most notably" Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje"( 1955)," Do Aankhen Barah Haath"( 1958)," Navrang"( 1959), Marathi film" Pinjra"( 1972) and" Amar Bhoopali"( 1951).
Vasant Desai
Vasant Desai( 1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like" Do Aankhen Barah Haath"( 1953)," Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje"( 1955), Vijay Bhatt's" Goonj Uthi Shehnai"( 1959)," Sampoorna Ramayan"( 1961), Hrishikesh Mukherjee's" Guddi"( 1971) and" Aashirwaad".
Vasant Desai
Vasant Desai( 1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like" Do Aankhen Barah Haath"( 1953)," Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje"( 1955), Vijay Bhatt's" Goonj Uthi Shehnai"( 1959)," Sampoorna Ramayan"( 1961), Hrishikesh Mukherjee's" Guddi"( 1971) and" Aashirwaad".
V. Shantaram
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre( 18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian Marathi filmmaker, film producer and actor.
He is most known for films such as" Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani"( 1946)," Amar Bhoopali"( 1951)," Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje"( 1955)," Do Aankhen Barah Haath"( 1957)," Navrang"( 1959)," Duniya Na Mane"( 1937)," Pinjara"( 1972)," ChaniIye Marathiche Nagari" and" Zunj".

Question: Are both directors of films Tahqiqaat and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje from the same country?
Answer: yes