Question: Which film has the director who is older, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings or Palletooru?

John MacDonald Badham( born August 25, 1939) is an English- born American director of film and television, best known for the films" Saturday Night Fever"( 1977)," Dracula"( 1979)," Blue Thunder"( 1983)," War Games"( 1983)," Short Circuit"( 1986), and" Stakeout"( 1987). <SEP> William Brashler( born 1947) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for writing" The Bingo Long Traveling All- Stars and Motor Kings", which was published in 1973. A film adaptation, directed by John Badham and starring Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams, was released in 1976. " Bingo Long" was chosen as one of the top 100 sports books of all time by" Sports Illustrated", in 2002. The 20th anniversary edition of the book included a preface by sports historian Peter C. Bjarkman. " City Dogs", Brashler's next novel, was inspired by his time covering the Chicago police beat, and was favorably reviewed by" Kirkus" and" The New York Times The New Yorker" gave it a mixed review, however, calling it" erratically interesting," with only some of" Bingo Long"'s" attractiveness and humor." Brashler grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and graduated from Calvin University in 1968. A collection of his papers is held at Calvin's Heritage Hall, Hekman Library. Brashler is an alumnus of the Iowa Writers ’ Workshop. He worked as a journalist for Lerner Newspapers. Brashler coauthored Johnny Bench's 1979 autobiography. <SEP> He made a number films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. His first film was Palletooru( 1952). He was assistant director in Shavukar and later directed Pitchi Pullaiah, Jayam Manade starring N. T. Rama Rao. He worked with both N.T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao in films Charana Dasi and Parivartana( 1954). His Hindi films like Suraj and Izzat remain popular. His Tamil film with M. G. Ramachandran was Padagotti which is considered as classic. He directed Gemini Ganesan in Nalla Theerpu, Ellorum Innattu Mannar and Kathirundha Kangal. He was born in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Tatineni Prakash Rao( 24 November 1924 – 1 July 1992) was an Indian filmmaker. He was first attracted towards Communist movement and was part of Praja Natya Mandali. Later he moved to Madras to join film industry like many others who did not the like the turn of events in the communist movement. He started his career as an assistant to L. V. Prasad, another famous film maker. He also worked with K. V. Reddy for some time. His son TLV Prasad entered into Limca Book of World Records for his ability in churning out movies continuously. His grandson Tatineni Satya also entered into film industry with the film Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu. <SEP> Joel Fluellen( December 1, 1907 – February 2, 1990) was an American actor. He appeared in the films " The Jackie Robinson StoryPerils of the JungleDuffy of San QuentinSitting BullFriendly PersuasionMonster from Green Hell The Decks Ran RedPorgy and BessA Raisin in the SunHe Rides TallRoustabout The Chase The Learning Tree The Great White HopeSkin GameThomasine& Bushrod The Bingo Long Traveling All- Stars& Motor KingsCasey's Shadow" and, among others. He shot and killed himself on February 2, 1990, at his home in Los Angeles, California. <SEP> The Bingo Long Traveling All- Stars& Motor Kings is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a team of enterprising ex- Negro League baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler's novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Directed by John Badham, the movie was produced by Berry Gordy for Motown Productions and Rob Cohen for Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on July 16, 1976. The film was a box office success, grossing$ 33 million on a$ 9 million budget. <SEP> It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri and music composed by Ghantasala. This Silver Jubilee film initiated a trend of films with rural settings and social themes. Palletooru  is a 1952 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Sivaramaiah under the People's Art Productions banner and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao.