Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan (born Priyadarshan Soman Nair; 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
In a career spanning over three decades, he has directed more than 95 films in various Indian languages, predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi, while also having done six films in Tamil and two in Telugu.
Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade.
He has done about 26 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Bollywood director after David Dhawan.
In 2013, he announced that "Rangrezz" would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema.
Best known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also experimented with some action, thriller and period films.
His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with most notable films being "Poochakkoru MookkuthiMazha Peyyunnu Maddalam KottunnuThalavattamVellanakalude NaduChithramVandanamKilukkamAbhimanyuMithunamThenmavin KombathKala Pani", and "Chandralekha".
Other Malayalam actors he frequently collaborated with are: Kuthiravattam Pappu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, M.G. Soman, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Shobhana, KPAC Lalitha, Revathi, Lissy, Cochin Haneefa, Maniyanpilla Raju, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, C.I. Paul, Vineeth, Ganesh, Shankar, and Mammukoya.
Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films.
He is known for adapting stories from Malayalam films into Bollywood, from his own work as well as other films.
Most notable such Bollywood films include "Hera PheriHungamaHulchulGaram MasalaBhagam BhagChup Chup KeDhol", and "Bhool Bhulaiyaa".
His multiple collaborations in Hindi include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri, Johny Lever, Asrani, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena, Jackie Shroff, and Suniel Shetty.
In 2007, his Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
In 2012, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution towards the arts.
Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films.
His most popular commercials are for Coca-Cola, American Express, Nokia, Parker Pens, Asian Paints, Kinley and Max New York Life Insurance.
The Circus Princess (1982 film)
The Circus Princess is 1982 Soviet musical comedy, a screen version of the operetta of the same name( 1926) by Emmerich Kálmán.
The Circus Princess (1929 film)
The Circus Princess( German: Die Zirkusprinzessin) is a 1929 German silent film directed by Victor Janson.
It is an adaptation of the operetta" Die Zirkusprinzessin".
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Botho Hoefer and Hans Minzloff
The Circus Princess (1982 film)
The Circus Princess is 1982 Soviet musical comedy, a screen version of the operetta of the same name( 1926) by Emmerich Kálmán.
Victor Janson
Victor Arthur Eduard Janson( 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a Latvian- born German stage and film actor and film director.
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.
The Circus Princess (1925 film)
The Circus Princess( German: Die Zirkusprinzessin) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Josefine Dora, Olga Engl and Johanna Ewald.
It is based on the operetta" Die Zirkusprinzessin".
Another German silent film adaptation was released in 1929.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.
The Laughing Lady
" For the 1929 film see The Laughing Lady( 1929 film)"
The Laughing Lady is a 1946 British Technicolor musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth and Francis L. Sullivan.
Based on a play by Ingram D'Abbes, its plot follows a young aristocrat who makes a deal with Robespierre during the French Revolution.
Geethaanjali
Geethaanjali is a 2013 Indian Malayalam- language horror film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Abhilash Nair, with dialogue by Dennis Joseph.
It is a spin- off of the 1993 film" Manichitrathazhu" and an official remake of the 2007 Thai film" Alone".
Mohanlal reprises his role from" Manichitrathazhu" and Suresh Gopi appears in a cameo role.
It also features Nishan, Keerthy Suresh, Swapna Menon, Siddique, Madhu, Innocent, and K. B. Ganesh Kumar.
In the film, psychologist Dr. Sunny Joseph( Mohanlal) arrives at a mansion to treat Anjali( Keerthy), who is haunted by her deceased twin sister Geetha( Keerthy), and investigates the paranormal activities.
The film was originally planned to be shot in 3D and Auro- 3D formats but this was abandoned because the technology was time- consuming and only a few theatres in Kerala were equipped with Auro sound equipment at that time.
Principal photography commenced on 6 July 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram and was completed in September.
Most of the filming took place at the Chitranjali Studio and in and around Thiruvananthapuram.
The cinematographer was Tirru and editing was done by T. S. Suresh.
" Geethaanjali" was released worldwide on 14 November 2013.
The film being an official remake of" Alone" was undisclosed before release, as a result, it was criticised as an imitation of" Alone" and its source material, the novel" Elephants Can Remember", and other Indian films adapted from the film or novel.
Mohanlal's performance, the cinematography and the graphics received praise.
The Kingdom of Twilight
The Kingdom of Twilight is a 1929 film directed by British author and explorer Alexander MacDonald.

Question: Do both directors of films Geethaanjali and The Circus Princess (1929 Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no