Question: Do both directors of films Kaalapani and Leaving Home – The Life & Music Of Indian Ocean have the same nationality?

Set in 1915, the film focuses on the lives of Indian freedom fighters incarcerated in the Cellular Jail( or" Kālā Pānī") in Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the British Raj. The ensemble cast includes Mohanlal, Prabhu Ganesan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Tinnu Anand, Annu Kapoor, Alex Draper, Sankaradi, and Vineeth. The film was produced by Mohanlal for Pranavam Arts in association with R. Mohan's Shogun Films. The film is about the lives of prisoners in British India who are brought to Kālā Pānī, the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The name" Kalapani" is derived from the mode of imprisonment in British India. Ilaiyaraaja composed the music, the cinematography was by Santosh Sivan, and the editing by N. Gopalakrishnan. Kaalapani is a 1996 Indian Malayalam- language epic historical period drama film co-written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film introduced Dolby Stereo into Malayalam cinema. It was made on a budget of 2.5 crore, making it the costliest Malayalam film made until then. " Kaalapani" was released on 12 April 1996 in 450 theaters worldwide, which was the largest release for any Indian film until then. The film is now regarded as one of the classics in Malayalam cinema. Originally made in Malayalam, the film was dubbed and released in Hindi as" Saza- E- Kala Pani", Tamil as" Siraichalai", and in Telugu as" Kaala Pani". Amitabh Bachchan bought the Hindi dubbing rights, besides narrating the prologue for the Hindi version. The film won three National Film Awards, including the awards for Best Art Direction( Sabu Cyril), Best Special Effects( S. T. Venky), and Best Cinematography( Santosh Sivan). Along with that it won six Kerala State Film Awards. <SEP> In a career spanning over three decades, he has directed more than 95 films in various Indian languages, predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi, while also having done six films in Tamil and two in Telugu. Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade. He has done about 26 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Bollywood director after David Dhawan. In 2013, he announced that "Rangrezz" would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema. Best known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also experimented with some action, thriller and period films. His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with most notable films being "Poochakkoru MookkuthiMazha Peyyunnu Maddalam KottunnuThalavattamVellanakalude NaduChithramVandanamKilukkamAbhimanyuMithunamThenmavin KombathKala Pani", and "Chandralekha". Priyadarshan (born Priyadarshan Soman Nair; 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Other Malayalam actors he frequently collaborated with are: Kuthiravattam Pappu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, M.G. Soman, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Shobhana, KPAC Lalitha, Revathi, Lissy, Cochin Haneefa, Maniyanpilla Raju, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, C.I. Paul, Vineeth, Ganesh, Shankar, and Mammukoya. Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. He is known for adapting stories from Malayalam films into Bollywood, from his own work as well as other films. Most notable such Bollywood films include "Hera PheriHungamaHulchulGaram MasalaBhagam BhagChup Chup KeDhol", and "Bhool Bhulaiyaa". His multiple collaborations in Hindi include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri, Johny Lever, Asrani, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena, Jackie Shroff, and Suniel Shetty. In 2007, his Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. In 2012, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution towards the arts. Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films. His most popular commercials are for Coca-Cola, American Express, Nokia, Parker Pens, Asian Paints, Kinley and Max New York Life Insurance. <SEP> Music of Yugoslavia was the music of Yugoslavia. <SEP> Leaving Home may refer to: <SEP> The film was shot in 2006 and edited in 2007/ 8. It made history in 2010 by becoming the first documentary film in the history of Indian cinema to release nationally in theatres. Besides travelling to a few film festivals in India and abroad, it was the opening film at the Goa International Film Festival in November 2010 and at the 58th National Film Awards, the documentary went on to win the Award for Best Arts/ Cultural Film. The film was produced by Cartwheel Features, a now- defunct subsidiary of an advertising agency called Cartwheel. Leaving Home is a full- length documentary film on the Indian music band Indian Ocean, directed by Jaideep Varma. The film chronicles the members of the band Indian Ocean since their formation in 1990 till the end of 2006, and showcases their music. The film received good reviews in the Indian media when it released in 2010. It was also the first documentary ever in India to be reviewed so heavily. A 286- minute version of the film( entitled" The Longer Trip") was released on DVD in December 2010, which included an updating of the band ’s story, including the death of Asheem Chakravarty in 2009. It also included several new chapters and facets that could not be covered in the theatrical version. <SEP> He has made 5 feature films –" Hulla"( 2008, fiction)," Leaving Home – the Life& Music of Indian Ocean"( 2010, non-fiction)," Baavra Mann – a Film on Sudhir Mishra& Other Indian Realities"( 2013, non fiction)., I Am Offended!( 2015, non fiction) and Par Ek Din( 2017, non fiction). The last three films were made part- time, and therefore on a limited scale. Jaideep Varma is an Indian writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. In 2013," Hulla" was included in a book on unsung Mumbai cinema classics over 50 years, a book called" 40 Retakes" by Avijit Ghosh. " Leaving Home" was the first documentary in the history of Indian cinema to release nationally in theatres. It also opened the Indian Panorama at the Goa International Film Festival in 2010 and won the National Film Award in 2011. At the 58th National Film Awards, the documentary went on to win the Award for Best Arts/ Cultural Film. " Baavra Mann" won the" Best Documentary" award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival, 2013. His third full- length documentary film was on stand- up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour. The film is called" I Am Offended" and it released free on Youtube in February 2015 and has over 1.5 million views- the only Indian full- length feature online to have these many views. Before that, he published a novel(" Local") in 2005. Between 1989 and 2000, he worked in advertising as a copywriter( in agencies like Mudra Communications, Ogilvy& Mather, Everest Saatchi& Saatchi, Nexus Equity and Cornerstone). He also wrote for various publications primarily on music, most notably for the magazine" Gentleman( magazine)" between 1998 and 2001. In March 2009, he accidentally created the Impact Index – an alternative statistical system in cricket. It has gone on to become the most written about alternative statistical system in the history of the game. From 2010 to 2017, he worked full- time on this. In early- 2017, he also released a book Numbers Do Lie- 61 Hidden Cricket Facts on behalf of Impact Index( conceived by him) with cricketer and commentator" Aakash Chopra"( published by HarperCollins). Cricket legend" Greg Chappell" had this to say after reading the book- This book has started a fascinating conversation that will change the face of the way we look at the game and those who have played it."