N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao( 28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR, was an Indian actor, producer, director, editor and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema and one of the two legends of Telugu cinema, along wih Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
NTR received three National Film Awards for co-producing" Thodu Dongalu"( 1954) and" Seetharama Kalyanam"( 1960) under National Art Theater, Madras, and for directing" Varakatnam"( 1970).
NTR has received the erstwhile Rashtrapati Awards for his performance( s) in the" Raju Peda"( 1954) and the" Lava Kusa"( 1963).
He garnered the Nandi Award for Best Actor for" Kodalu Diddina Kapuram" in 1970, and the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu in 1972 for" Badi Panthulu".
NTR made his debut as an actor in a Telugu social film" Mana Desam", directed by L. V. Prasad in 1949.
He gained popularity in the 1950s when he became well known for his portrayals of Hindu deities, especially Krishna and Rama, roles which have made him a" messiah of the masses".
He later became known for portraying antagonistic characters and Robin Hood- esque hero characters in films.
In total, he starred in 300 films, and has become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema.
He was voted" Greatest Indian Actor of All Time" in a CNN- IBN national poll conducted in 2013 on the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema.
He starred in such films as" Patala Bhairavi"( 1951), which premiered at the first India International Film Festival, held in Mumbai on 24 January 1952," Malliswari"( 1951), premiered at Asia Pacific Film Festival, the enduring classics" Mayabazar"( 1957) and" Nartanasala"( 1963), featured at Afro Asian film festival in Jakarta.
All the four films were included in CNN- IBN's list of" Hundred greatest Indian films of all time".
He co-produced" Ummadi Kutumbam", nominated by Film Federation of India as one of its entries to the 1968 Moscow Film Festival.
Besides Telugu, he has also acted in a few Tamil films.
Widely recognised for his portrayal of mythological characters, NTR was one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema, He was referred to in the media as" Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma".
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1968, recognizing his contribution to Indian cinema.
After his career in films, NTR entered politics.
He founded the Telugu Desam Party( TDP) in 1982 and served three tumultuous terms as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 1983 and 1995.
He was known as an advocate of Andhra Pradesh's distinct cultural identity, distinguishing it from the erstwhile Madras State with which it was often associated.
At the national level, he was instrumental in the formation of the National Front, a coalition of non-Congress parties which governed India from 1989 until 1990.
The Forty-First (1956 film)
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It was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov.
The film is set during the Russian Civil War and tells the story of a tragic romance between a female sniper of the Red Army and an officer of the White Army.
Ben Palmer
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The Forty-First (1927 film)
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Fighting Trouble
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The film was released on September 16, 1956 by Allied Artists and is the forty- second film in the series.
It was the first film in the series to feature Stanley Clements.
George G. Sumner
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Kannan Karunai
Kannan Karunai (English: "Kannan's grace") is a 1971 Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by N. T. Rama Rao.
He also stars, alongside K. R. Vijaya.
Other supporting roles were played by T. R. Mahalingam, R. S. Manohar, S. V. Ramadoss, O. A. K. Thevar, Udhaya Kumar, S. Varalakshmi, Rathna, Geethanjali, and Chittor V. Nagaiah.
John C. Conner
John Coggswell Conner( October 14, 1842 – December 10, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Noblesville, Indiana, Conner attended the Noblesville public schools and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
He was admitted to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, September 20, 1861, and remained during the academic year from 1861 to 1862.
Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Sixty- third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on August 30, 1862, and a first lieutenant on September 3, 1862.
Honorably discharged June 20, 1864.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1866.
Commissioned a captain in the Forty- first Regiment, United States Infantry, on July 28, 1866, and served in Texas until November 29, 1869, when he resigned, having received the nomination for Congress.
Upon the readmission of Texas to representation was elected as a Democrat to the Forty- first Congress.
He was reelected to the Forty- second Congress and served from March 31, 1870, to March 3, 1873.
Owing to failing health was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.
He died in Washington, D.C., December 10, 1873.
He was interred in the Old Cemetery, Noblesville, Indiana( north of Indianapolis).
Clarence J. Fogg
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Grigory Chukhray
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He was the father of the Russian film director Pavel Chukhray.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Kannan Karunai or The Forty-First (1956 Film)?
Answer: Kannan Karunai