Question: Which film has the director who is older, Casanova Brown or Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma?

The octogenarian is widely regarded as one of the versatile directors of India. He is credited with having revolutionised the South Indian cinema with experimental films. He has garnered two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, and three Karnataka State Film Awards. In 2010, Rao headed the Jury of the Indian Panorama at the 8th Chennai International Film Festival. In 2011, Rao received the Life Achievement Award from the Film Federation of India at the 4th "Global Film Festival". Rao was also the Guest of honor alongside Barrie Osbourne at the "Media and Entertainment Business Conclave 2012" hosted by FICCI and FFI. In 2012, Rao served as one of the selection committee members for the Sundance Institute's screenwriters lab. The 2003 animation film, "Son of Aladdin" had 1100 shots and 125 characters. The film won "Special Mention in the Competition section" at the 2003 "International Children’s Film Festival Hyderabad", and was subsequently premiered at the 37th International Film Festival of India. Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, composer, singer, lyricist and actor, known for his works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films, across multiple genres. The 2008 animation film Ghatothkach, was premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section, and was also premiered to special mention at the "Grand Finale - Children's Film Festival 2014" of the 44th International Film Festival of India. Rao served as the executive director for the 1970 Kannada film, Samskara which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, and Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. He made his Telugu directorial debut with "Neethi Nijayithi" (1972). He then directed social problem films like "Dikkatra Parvathi" (1974), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil for that year, and "Tharam Marindhi", which won Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, both of which were premiered at International Film Festival of India and the Moscow Film Festival. The 1988 silent film, "Pushpaka Vimana" gained international acclaim, including 1988 Cannes Film Festival premiere in the International Critics' Week. The film has received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, and Filmfare Award South for Best Film. <SEP> Samuel Grosvenor Wood( July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer, who was best known for directing such Hollywood hits as" A Night at the OperaA Day at the RacesGoodbye, Mr. Chips", and" The Pride of the Yankees". He was also involved in a few acting and writing projects. <SEP> The film had its world premiere in western France after the Allies had liberated those territories following the D- Day Invasion. Casanova Brown is a 1944 American comedy romantic film directed by Sam Wood, written by Nunnally Johnson, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Frank Morgan. The film is based on the 1927 novel" An Unmarried Father" by Floyd Dell and the 1928 play" Little Accident" by Dell and Thomas Mitchell, which had been previously filmed by Universal Pictures in 1930 as" The Little Accident" and in 1939 as" Little Accident". <SEP> Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965). <SEP> Nodi Swamy Navirodu Heege ( English: Look Sir we are like this) was a 1983 Indian Kannada language film directed by and starring Shankar Nag. It also stars Master Manjunath(" Chottey"), Arundhati Nag, and Ramesh Bhat. The music was composed by noted composer G. K. Venkatesh. The title song became a chartbuster. This is one of the all- time super hit title songs which fits for all age. Master singer Bhimsen Joshi sang in the film on insistence of G. K. Venkatesh. His song" Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma" was the highlight of the film. Also, an interesting point is, Shankar Nag has shown the western culture in Bengaluru in 1983 itself and how the people of Karnataka have an advanced sense of thought. <SEP> Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma (English: "Come, goddess of luck") is a 1986 Kannada comedy film, which borrowed the title from a devaranama written by 15-16 th century haridasa Sri Purandara Dasaru. The film features Rajkumar, Madhavi and K. S. Ashwath playing the pivotal roles. The film, produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar under Dakshayini Combines, was received exceptionally well at the box office and was one of the biggest hits of 1986. This movie written, directed and composed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The movie saw a theatrical run of 26 weeks. The dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The plot of the movie was later used in the 1988 Telugu movie "Maharajasri Mayagadu" starring Krishna and Sridevi.