Question: Are the directors of films Mera Gaon Mera Desh and As Long As You Live both from the same country?

Bhagwandas Mulchand Luthria( 1944 – 12 May 2014) aka Sudhir was a Bollywood film actor. He was best known for his role in the film" Satte Pe Satta" with Amitabh Bachchan. He acted in over 200 films in a career spanning from 1962 to 2009. He was one of Bollywood's best known villains from the 1970s through the 1990s. He acted in prem patra starring sadhna and shashi kapoor 1962 as Subhash. He appeared in" Apna Ghar Apni Kahani"( Pyas) opposite Mumtaz in 1968, singing" Jigar me dard kaisa ishko ulfat to nhi kahate" and' main ye sochkar uske dar se utha tha'( Hakeekat),' mujhe raat din ye khayal hai' and' mere dil pe andheri sa chhan laga' from Ek Phool Ek Bhool'. He often played the second- in- command sidekick to villains Ajit, Prem Nath and Pran, a torturous police inspector, or a sleazy man. He was most known for his shrill voice, long moustache and sideburns. He starred in at least a dozen Amitabh Bachchan movies, such as Majboor( 1974 film), Sharaabi," Satte Pe Satta" and" Shaan". Other notable appearances included Feroz Khan's 1974 hit" Khote Sikkay", its sequel" Kachche HeereDharmatma", as well as" Mera Gaon Mera Desh", and roles of a handicapped thief in Dev Anand's" Hare Rama Hare Krishna"( 1971), as police inspector( Special Appearances) in Subhash Ghai's" Meri Jung"( 1985) and in the Shah Rukh Khan- starring" Baadshah"( 1999). His last film appearances were in" Jhoom Barabar Jhoom"( 2007) and" Victoria House"( 2009). He was also filmmaker Milan Luthria's paternal uncle. He died on 12 May 2014 at the age of 70. He had long been suffering from a lung infection. <SEP> Mera Gaon It was a box office success. The film contains many hit songs including:" Apni Prem Kahaniyan Aaya Aaya Atariya Pe Koi ChorSona Lai Ja ReKuch Kehta Hai Yeh Saawan" and" Maar Diya Jaye Dil Chhod Diya Jaye". The film was remade in Telugu as" Manchi Babayi". Mera Desh is a 1971 Indian film, directed by Raj Khosla, written by Akhtar Romani, and starring Dharmendra in the lead role and Vinod Khanna as the villain. <SEP> He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books( see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace movies) and also made mountain films, Heimatfilms, German war films and entries in such popular German film series as" Dr. MabuseJerry Cotton" and" Kommissar X". Reinl began his career as an extra in the mountain films of Arnold Fanck. He worked as screenwriter on the film" Tiefland" directed by and starring Leni Riefenstahl. Reinl's first movie as director was the mountain film" Mountain Crystal"( 1949). He was Oscar nominated for his documentary feature" Chariots of the Gods"( 1970). By the 1970s, he had semi-retired to the Canary Islands. In 1986, in his Tenerife retirement home, he was stabbed to death by Daniela Maria Delis, his alcoholic wife and a former actress from Czechoslovakia. Harald Reinl( 8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. <SEP> He was known for bringing in" neo-noir" and style in Indian cinema since black and white times, and also as a" women's director" because he showcased actresses at their best. Raj Khosla( 31 May 1925 – 9 June 1991) was one of the top directors, producers and screenwriters in Hindi films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is often credited for the success of actors such as Dev Anand. Starting his career under Guru Dutt, he went on make hit films like," C.I.D."( 1956)," Woh Kaun Thi?"( 1964)," Mera Saaya"( 1966)," Dostana"( 1980) and" Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki"( 1978), which won the Filmfare Best Movie Award. His early background in classical music ensured that most of his films excelled in music. <SEP> Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician. He was the recipient of two Filmfare awards. He was also an active politician and was the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. In July 2002, Khanna became the minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. Six months later, he became the Minister of State for external affairs. After making his film debut in 1968, Khanna first acted in supporting and antagonistic roles; as an angry young man in the movie "Mere Apne", as the main villain in the super-hit movie "Mera Gaon Mera Desh," and as the military officer turned fugitive in the critically acclaimed movie "Achanak," which was a film based on the events of "K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra." Khanna played lead roles in many films and is best remembered for his performances in "Kuchhe Dhaage, Gaddaar, Imtihaan, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Inkaar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Rajput, The Burning Train, Qurbani, Kudrat, Parvarish, Khoon Pasina, Dayavan, Chandni" and "Jurm". In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily quit the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh. After a 5-year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry with two hit films; "Insaaf" and "Satyamev Jayate". Khanna has been posthumously awarded India’s highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2018 by the Government of India at 65th National Film Awards. <SEP> It is set during the Spanish Civil War, which is seen from a pro-Nationalist viewpoint. As Long as You Live is a 1955 West German war film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Adrian Hoven, Marianne Koch and Karin Dor.