Question: Do both films The Balcony (Film) and Odaruthammava Aalariyam have the directors that share the same nationality?

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. Priyadarshan (born Priyadarshan Soman Nair; 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. 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". 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> Based on the success of" Yojimbo", Kurosawa's next film," Sanjuro"( 1962), was altered to incorporate the lead character of this film. In both films, the character wears a rather dilapidated dark kimono bearing the same family" mon". <SEP> It is about three college students and their efforts to woo a girl. Odaruthammava Aalariyam is a 1984 Indian Malayalam- language screwball comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Priyadarshan. Mukesh, Jagadish, Sreenivasan play the lead roles, along with Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenath, Lizy, Menaka, Sukumari and Kuthiravattom Pappu. " Odaruthammava Aalariyam" was a commercial success at the box office. <SEP> The Man on the Balcony is a 1993 Swedish- German crime thriller film, based on the book" The Man on the Balcony" written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. This is the fourth film which stars Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck and Rolf Lassgård as Gunvald Larsson. " Mannen på balkongen" has been considered as the best ever Martin Beck film starring Gösta Ekman, and Gösta Ekman became highly popular and regarded for his brilliant portrayal of Martin Beck in this picture by his fans. His fine performance also attracted several new fans to his side, and" The Man on the Balcony" was one of the most successful films in Sweden in the year of 1993. <SEP> Joseph Strick( July 6, 1923 – June 2, 2010) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. <SEP> It starred Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant and Leonard Nimoy. George J. Folsey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Ben Maddow was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award. The Balcony is a 1963 film adaptation of Jean Genet's play" The Balcony", directed by Joseph Strick. The film also credits the photographer Helen Levitt as an assistant director, and Verna Fields, who subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, as the sound editor.