Question: Do both Polladhavan (1980 Film) and Dreaming Lhasa films have the directors from the same country?

She was born in New Delhi. She did her undergraduate studies at Miranda House in Delhi University and went on to do her MFA in Film and Video from California College of the Arts( formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) in Oakland. Ritu Sarin is an Indian film director, producer and artist based in Dharamshala, India. She is the recipient of Miranda House ’s 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award. She is married to Tibetan filmmaker Tenzing Sonam with whom she has two children. <SEP> Mark Lewis( born 1958 in Mullumbimby, Australia) is an Australian documentary film and television producer, director and writer. He is famous for his film and for his body of work on animals. Unlike many other producers of nature films, his films do not attempt to document the animals in question or their behaviors but rather the complex relationships between people and society and the animals they interact with. His films have earned him many awards, including a British Academy Award nomination, a nomination from the Directors Guild of America, two Emmy ’s for Outstanding Direction in documentary film, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science Program on American Television. <SEP> Fame is a 2009 American musical drama film and a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same name. It was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Allison Burnett. It was released on September 25, 2009 in the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK. The film follows talented high school students attending The High School of Performing Arts in New York City( known today as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School), where students get specialized training that often leads to success in the entertainment industry. Exterior shots of the Performing Arts school are of the Professional Performing Arts School or PPAS on West 48th Street and not the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School on 100 Amsterdam Avenue behind the Lincoln Center. Debbie Allen, who portrays the school principal Angela Simms, is the only person to appear in the original movie, the subsequent television show( in the 1980 film and the series she played role of dance teacher Lydia Grant), and this production. <SEP> Dreaming Lhasa is a Tibetan- language film by veteran documentary filmmakers, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, who have been making films about various aspects of Tibet under the banner of White Crane Films since 1990. Written by Tenzing, a first- generation Tibetan born and brought up in exile," Dreaming Lhasa" is perhaps, the first Tibetan feature film to explore the state of exile and the issues of identity, culture and politics as they affect the Tibetan refugee community in India. <SEP> Muktha Srinivasan was an Indian film director& producer. <SEP> A remake of the 1976 Kannada film" Premada Kanike", it stars Rajinikanth, Lakshmi and Sripriya. Polladhavan is a 1980 Tamil- language Indian action thriller film produced by S. Ravi, and directed by Muktha Srinivasan who also wrote the screenplay. The film revolves around a wealthy merchant who murders a would- be rapist, then keeps his daughter's nanny, who was both the intended victim and a witness, captive in his house. The film was shot mainly in Bangalore, with additional shooting taking place in Chennai, Shimla and Kashmir. It was released on 6 November 1980, Diwali, and became a commercial success.