List of Japanese films of the 1960s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1960s.
For an A- Z of films see.
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film.
This award is presented to the directors of the film.
A. B. Raj
Antony Basker Raj( born 21 April 1925), also known as A. B. Raj, is an Indian director of Malayalam movies.
Since 1951 to 1960, he directed ten Singalese movies followed by directing 65 Malayalam movies from 1963 till 1984.
He has also directed two Tamil movies.
He is the father of National Award- winning actress Saranya Ponvannan.
She is a leading actress in Tamil cinema.
A. B. Raj was the Second Unit Assistant Director of The Bridge on the River Kwai by David Lean
List of Uruguayan films
A list of films produced in Uruguay.
Shakti Samanta
Shakti Samanta( 13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as" Howrah BridgeChina TownKashmir Ki KaliAn Evening in ParisAradhanaKati Patang", and" Amar Prem".
He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for" Aradhana"( 1969)," Anuraag"( 1973) and" Amanush", which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo- Bangladesh joint production in 1984.
List of Japanese films of the 1980s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1980s.
For an A- Z of films see.
Amar Prem
Amar Prem is a 1972 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta.
It is a remake of the Bengali film" Nishi Padma"( 1970), directed by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali short story" Hinger Kochuri" by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
The film portrays the decline of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood courtesan.
The movie is about a school boy, who is ill- treated by his step mother, and becomes friends with a prostitute neighbour.
The film stars Sharmila Tagore playing a prostitute with a heart of gold, with Rajesh Khanna in the role of a lonely businessman and Vinod Mehra as adult Nandu, the young child, who they both come to care for.
The film is noted for its music by R. D. Burman; numbers sung by famous playback singers like Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar; lyrics were by Anand Bakshi.
The thought- provoking song" Chingaari Koi Bhadke", written by Anand Bakshi and sung by Kishore Kumar, is one of the highlights of this classic.
The song topped at 5th position on year- end chart toppers list Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972.
Sooryavamsham (film)
Sooryavamsham is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by Dos and Joy.
The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Adoor Bhasi and Jose Prakash in the lead roles.
The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan.
List of Turkmenistan films
A list of films produced in Turkmenistan.
List of Japanese films of the 1970s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1970s.
For an A – Z of films see.

Question: Are the directors of films Sooryavamsham (Film) and Amar Prem both from the same country?
Answer: yes