Naan Avanillai 2
Naan Avanillai 2  is a 2009 Tamil romantic mystery film directed by Selva.
It is the sequel to "Naan Avanillai" (2007).
Jeevan reprises the lead role, while the female roles are enacted by Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon, Shruti Marathe, and Rachana Maurya.
D. Imman, who did the film score for the first part of the film, replaced Vijay Antony as the music director.
The film was released on 27 November 2009.
Naan Avanillai (1974 film)
Naan Avanillai is a 1974 Tamil- language film starring Gemini Ganesan in the lead role.
Produced by Ganesan himself, it was directed by K. Balachander.
It was adapted from the 1962 Marathi language play" To Mee Navhech", written by Pralhad Keshav Atre.
The film deals with a man who woos and marries several women while he takes on as many different identities.
" Naan Avanillai" was released on 7 June 1974.
The film was not commercially successful, but received critical acclaim, and Ganesan's performance won him the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.
It was later remade into a 2007 Tamil film with the same title and a 2008 Kannada film titled" Buddhivantha".
Buddhivantha
Buddhivantha( English:" Genius"; also known as" Buddhimanthudu" in Telugu) is a 2008 Kannada language film directed by Ramnath Rigvedhi. starring Upendra in the lead role, while Pooja Gandhi, Brinda Parekh, Saloni Aswani, Natanya Singh, and Suman Ranganathan play the female leads.
The film is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film" Naan Avanillai", which was itself was a remake of 1974 Tamil movie" Naan Avanillai" which in turn was based on the 1962 Marathi play" To Mee Navhech"( English: I Am Not He) written by Pralhad K.
Atre.
The music was composed by Vijay Antony.
The film was released on 26 September 2008.
It was supposed to be released on Upendra's birthday, 18 September 2008, but because of the delay in censor certification, the date was postponed to 26 September 2008.
It became the highest grossing Kannada film of 2008 and turned out to be a much bigger hit than the original" Naan Avanillai".
It went on to complete over a 100- day theatrical run in the main centers of Karnataka.
K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry.
He was well known for his distinct film- making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard- hitting contemporary subject matter.
Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters.
Popularly referred to as" Iyakkunar Sigaram"( lit." the director who scaled the peak"), his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes.
He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965).
In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country.
Known among his colleagues as a tough task master, he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably Nagesh, Sujatha, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Saritha, Renuka, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Vivek.
In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards.
He was honored with the Padma Shri( 1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema.
He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions.
Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well.
The Night Holds Terror
The Night Holds Terror is a 1955 American crime film noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone that stars Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes and Jack Kelly.
It was originally shown on Z Channel, uncut and commercial-free.
Violated!
Violated! is a 1974 film directed by Albert Zugsmith.
Andrew L. Stone
Andrew L. Stone( July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film" Julie" in 1957 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known for his hard- hitting, realistic films, Stone frequently collaborated with his first wife, editor and producer Virginia Lively Stone( m 1946).
Though few of his films achieved mainstream success, Stone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 1956 thriller" Julie".
Stone's stories frequently featured characters called Cole, Pringle and Pope, usually in law enforcement and interchangeably played by the same actors — Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips and John Gallaudet.
Roles with those names were included in" A Blueprint for Murder The Night Holds TerrorJulie Cry Terror!" and" The Decks Ran Red".
Querelle
Querelle is a 1982 West German- French English- language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel" Querelle of Brest".
It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/ director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
Jeevan (Tamil actor)
Jeevan( born Vickey Rangaraj) is an Indian Tamil film actor in the Tamil film industry.
He first appeared in the film" University"( 2002).
However, this was followed by greater success" Kaakha Kaakha"( 2003).
Following a 3- year sabbatical, he returned as an actor in the main role with Susi Ganesan's" Thiruttu Payale"( 2006), which earned him praise.
He signed up for the remake of the 1974 film" Naan Avanillai"( 2007), and post- release gained even more praise for helping it become a success.
Black Starlet
Black Starlet is a 1974 film.

Question: Which film has the director died earlier, The Night Holds Terror or Naan Avanillai (1974 Film)?
Answer: The Night Holds Terror