Question: Are the directors of films Poonthenaruvi and Fun In The Barracks both from the same country?

It was based on a play by Georges Courteline and Edouard Nores. Fun in the Barracks( French: Les Gaîtés de l'escadron or Les Gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel. Tourneur was remaking the story, having previously filmed a silent version in 1913. The film was one of the most expensive made by Tourneur and was a popular commercial hit. <SEP> The Cộng Hòa barracks(" Republic barracks") were the barracks of the Presidential Guard of South Vietnam. It was located in the centre of Saigon, near the Gia Long Palace and the Independence Palace. The barracks were originally built by the French in the 1870- 3 as the Caserne de l'Infanterie on the site of the former Phoenix Citadel( Thành Phượng) built by the Nguyễn dynasty Emporer Minh Mang. Following the Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina in March 1945 the Caserne was used to imprison French soldiers and officials. In 1956 President Ngo Dinh Diem renamed the Caserne as the Cộng Hòa barracks and used them as the headquarters and barracks of the Presidential Guard. During the 1963 South Vietnamese coup rebel forces from the ARVN 5th Division commanded by Colonel Nguyễn Văn Thiệu attacked both the barracks and the Gia Long Palace. At the barracks 5th Division armored and artillery units faced off with the Guard forces armed with tanks, artillery, mortars and machine guns. Rebel artillery soon reduced the barracks to rubble while Guards forces fired back causing damage to the surrounding area. The barracks were largely destroyed in the 1963 coup and now the only part of the barracks that remains are the two gatehouses at 2 a Le Duan Boulevard on opposite sides of Dinh Tien Hoang( and). <SEP> The film stars Prem Nazir, Nanditha Bose, Vincent, Sudheer and Jayan. The music score is by M. K. Arjunan. Poonthenaruvi is a 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by C. C. Baby and V. M. Chandi. <SEP> " Fun in Acapulco" is a song written by Ben Weisman and Sid Wayneand first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1963 motion picture" Fun in Acapulco". It was released on the eponymous soundtrack album in 1963. In some countries, the song was also released on a single or on an eponymous EP. The Australian Kent Music Report( calculated in retrospect using archival data) lists the song" Fun in Acapulco" for 15 weeks, with the peak of 28 on the week of February 22, 1964. <SEP> One of the most prolific directors in world cinema, he has directed more than 141 films in his career which began in the mid-1960s. Nambiathusseril Varkey John( 14 October 1927 – 17 July 2014), better known by his screen name Sasikumar, was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema. He is often referred to as Hitmaker Sasikumar due to the commercial success of his films. Sasikumar holds three world records: the records for most films( 141), most films having the same actor as hero( Prem Nazir in 84 films) and the most films directed in a year( 15 films in 1977). He died in 2014 at the age of 86. <SEP> Maurice Tourneur (2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961) was a French film director and screenwriter.