Question: Which film has the director who was born first, 47 Natkal or Here Come The Jets?

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. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. 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. He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965). 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. 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. In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards. 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. He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well. <SEP> Omar bin Musa( born 9 January 1984) is an award- winning author, poet and rapper from Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He has released three solo hip hop records( including" Since Ali Died") and three books of poetry. His debut novel" Here Come the Dogs" was published in 2014. " Here Come the Dogs" was long- listed for the Miles Franklin Award and Musa was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald ’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015. <SEP> It was simultaneously made in Telugu as 47 Rojulu. Actress Saritha plays herself in a guest role. The film is based on the namesake novel by Sivasankari. 47 Natkal is a 1981 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sarath Babu and Ramaprabha. It marked the Tamil debut for Chiranjeevi. <SEP> His work included films of Fritz Lang and Samuel Fuller and movies like Stanley Kramer's" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"( 1963), John Cassavetes'" A Child Is Waiting"( 1963) and" Hang' Em High"( 1968). He was also the director of feature films as well as numerous television programs. While the majority of his directorial work is regarded as minor efforts( Leonard Maltin lists only three of his seven features in his compendium), two of his films," I Was a Teenage Werewolf"( 1957) and" I Married a Monster from Outer Space"( 1958), have gained some critical attention in retrospect. Gene Fowler Jr. was married to film editor Marjorie Fowler from 1944 until his death. He died in Woodland Hills, California of natural causes. Gene Fowler Jr.( 27 May 1917 – 11 May 1998), the eldest son of journalist and author Gene Fowler, was a prominent Hollywood film editor. His brother Will Fowler( 1922–2004) was a Hollywood screenwriter. <SEP> Here Come the Marines is a 1952 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on June 29, 1952 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty- sixth film in the series. <SEP> The API, the B picture unit of 20th Century Fox was involved. " Here Come the Jets" stars Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas, Mark Dana, John Doucette, Jean Carson and Carleton Young. Here Come the Jets is a 1959 American aviation drama film directed by Gene Fowler, Jr. and written by Louis Vittes.