Question: Are director of film Across The Line (2000 Film) and director of film Anubavi Raja Anubavi from the same country?

<P0-S0> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> <P1-S0> Aanandham Paramaanandham is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. V. Sasi. <P1-S1> The film stars Kamal Haasan, Unni Mary, Chandrakala and Ravikumar in the lead roles. <P1-S2> The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. <P1-S3> It is a remake of the 1967 Tamil film" Anubavi Raja Anubavi". <P1-S4> This is considered as the only comedy movie of I. V. Sasi. <SEP> <P2-S0> It stars Nagesh along with R. Muthuraman, Rajasree and Jayabharathi. <P2-S1> The film was remade in Hindi as" Do Phool"( 1973) and in Kannada as" Kittu Puttu"( 1977). <P2-S2> Anubavi Raja Anubavi is a 1967 Indian Tamil- language comedy film written and directed by K. Balachander. <P2-S3> The dual role played by Nagesh in Tamil was reprised by Mehmood in Hindi and by Dwarakish in Kannada. <P2-S4> Earlier, the triple role played by Nagesh in" Panakkara Kudumbam" was reprised by Mehmood in Hindi version(" Humjoli") and by Dwarakish in Kannada version(" Bhale Huduga"). <SEP> <P3-S0> Martin Spottl is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose works include" Across the Line", a drama set on the US- Mexico Border, and" Stones in my Passway: the Robert Johnson Story", a biopic about blues legend Robert Johnson. <SEP> <P4-S0> Johnson plays a small- town Texas sheriff who falls for an illegal immigrant( Erez) who witnessed a murder on the Mexican border. <P4-S1> Across the Line is a 2000 American drama film directed by Martin Spottl and starring Brad Johnson and Sigal Erez. <P4-S2> While not an overtly political film," Across the Line" portrays illegal immigrants in a generally positive light and dramatizes their motivations and problems from a sympathetic point of view. <P4-S3> In" La Opinion" Jean Rodriguez Flores wrote," The film" Across the Line" is n't just about the difficulties of crossing illegally into the United States, but it also reflects the tragedy of hundreds of people who are forced to leave their families for the" promised land." <P4-S4> Some critics praised the film for its emotional intensity, authenticity, and integrity, but others questioned it for turning the plight of illegal immigrants into mainstream entertainment. <P4-S5> Independently financed and produced," Across the Line" was distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment. <SEP> <P5-S0> 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. <P5-S1> Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. <P5-S2> 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. <P5-S3> He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965). <P5-S4> Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. <P5-S5> 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. <P5-S6> 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. <P5-S7> In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards. <P5-S8> 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. <P5-S9> He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. <P5-S10> Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. <P5-S11> Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well.