Question: Which director is from India, Hall Bartlett or Kamal Haasan?

Context articles: Hall Bartlett
Aakali Rajyam
Sujatha (actress)
Maro Charitra
Dasavathaaram
Melnaattu Marumagal
Kamal Haasan
Thevar Magan
Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 film)
Uttama Villain

Hall Bartlett (November 27, 1922 – September 7, 1993) was an American film producer, director, and screenwriter.
Aakali Rajyam ("Hunger's Kingdom") is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi directed by K. Balachander.
 It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as "Varumayin Niram Sivappu", released the year before.
 The film was remade in Hindi language as "Zara Si Zindagi" with Kamal Haasan and Anita Raj in 1983, directed by K. Balachander himself.
 Kamal Haasan won Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu for "Aakali Rajyam".
Sujatha (10 December 1952 – 6 April 2011) was a South Indian actress who performed in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language films, and was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions.
 Sujatha was introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander as a protagonist in "Aval Oru Thodar Kathai" (1974).
 She paired with Kamal Haasan in most of her films.
 She also acted with leading actors N.T.R, Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Ananthnag, Srinath, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishnam Raju, Sobhan Babu and Krishna.
 She died of cardiac arrest in Chennai.
Maro Charitra (English: "Another History") is a 1978 Telugu-language Indian romantic tragedy film written and directed by K. Balachander.
 It stars Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead with Madhavi and Sarath Babu appearing in prominent roles.
 The film deals with cross-cultural romance between a Tamil boy and a Telugu girl.
 Upon release, it was commercially successful and remains a cult classic.
 Owing to its success in Andhra Pradesh, the film was released in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka without being dubbed into the respective languages.
 Balachander won a Best Director at the Southern Filmfare Awards in 1979.
 Later in 1981, Balachander remade the film in Hindi as "Ek Duuje Ke Liye" with Kamal Haasan reprising his role.
 Saritha, the female lead, was, however, replaced by Punjabi actress Rati Agnihotri.
 The Hindi remake became a success as well.
 Both the films were listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time in 2013.
Dasavathaaram (English: "The Ten Incarnations" ) is a 2008 Indian Tamil science fiction disaster film, directed by K. S. Ravikumar.
 It stars Kamal Haasan, who also wrote the screenplay and story of the film, in ten distinct roles.The record of playing most number of roles in one Indian film was made by Sivaji Ganesan in "Navarathri" followed by the Telugu film with the same title and in Hindi as "Naya Din Nai Raat" (1974) with Sanjeev Kumar and Kamal Haasan in "Dasavathaaram" (2008).
 Asin appears in two roles and Mallika Sherawat plays a subsidiary role.
 The film, which had been under production for nearly three years, was produced and primarily distributed by Venu Ravichandran.
 Primary filming locations included the United States and across Tamil Nadu in India.
 The soundtrack to the film was composed by Himesh Reshammiya and the background score was by Devi Sri Prasad.
Melnaattu Marumagal is a 1975 Tamil language film starring Sivakumar, Laurance Pourtale, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles.
 Sivakumar's wife was French actress Laurance Pourtale.
 Kamal Haasan plays the role of younger brother of Sivakumar.
 Jayasudha was Kamal Haasan's pair.
 Vani Ganapathy, a danseuse appeared only for a dance sequence alongside Kamal Haasan whom she later married in 1978.
 The film was remade in Telugu as "America Ammayi".
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema.
 Kamal has won several film awards including three National Film Awards, the second-most by any Indian actor, and nineteen Filmfare Awards.
 His production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films.
Thevar Magan (English: "Son of Thevar") is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharathan.
 The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Revathi, Gouthami and Nassar in pivotal roles.
 The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja while the cinematography was handled by P. C. Sriram.
 The film's script was written by Kamal Haasan who also produced the film along with his brother Chandra Haasan under the production company Raaj Kamal Films International.
Apoorva Sagodharargal (English: "Rare Brothers" ) is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.
 The film stars Kamal Haasan in three roles, as a mechanic, a circus clown who is a dwarf and a police officer, along with Gouthami and Rupini playing lead roles with Srividya, Manorama, Nagesh, Jaishankar, Nassar and Delhi Ganesh playing supporting roles.
 The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics written by Vaali.
 The film was produced by Kamal Haasan and his brother Chandra Haasan under the production company Raajkamal Films International.
 Some part of the movie is based on 1928 Hollywood movie Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus".
Uttama Villain (English: The Righteous Villain ) is a 2015 Indian Tamil drama-metafilm directed by Ramesh Aravind and written by Kamal Haasan.
 The film was presented by N. Lingusamy in association with Kamal Haasan and produced by S. Chandrahasan for Raaj Kamal Films International and N. Subash Chandrabose for Thirupathi Brothers Film Media.
 It features an ensemble cast that includes Kamal Hassan, K. Viswanath, K. Balachander, Jayaram, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Nassar, Parvathy and Urvashi.
 Ghibran composed the soundtrack and score.