Question: Which film has the director born later, Mudhal Thethi or Be-Shaque?

Kashinatha Hathwara( 8 May 1951 – 18 January 2018) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who primarily worked in Kannada films. He worked on Hindi and Malayalam movies. With a career spanning over three decades, Kashinath worked in over 40 films carving a niche for himself in comedy genre. He is credited for introducing new talents such as actor Upendra, musician V. Manohar and director Sunil Kumar Desai alongside many other technicians who went on to become successful in Kannada film industry. Making his debut as a director through the comedy- drama film" Aparoopada Athithigalu"( 1976), Kashinath came into limelight with the suspense thriller" Aparichita"( 1978). He made his acting debut through the successful film" Anubhava"( 1984). The same film was remade and directed by him in Hindi as" Anubhav"( 1986), making his Bollywood entry. His films generally touched subjects which were often regarded as taboo in the Indian society and thus attracted the tag of being vulgar by some critics. He was more popular for his double entendre dialogues in his films to the extent that most associated the term" double meaning" with Kashinath and many went to the extent of attributing the decline of Kannada films quality to him. Despite the criticisms faced, his films have influenced the society as well as the industry. Some of his movie dialogues have entered common lingo; for example the extremely popular phrase of" Mangalooru Manjunatha"( from the film" Love Maadi Nodu"). Some of his other successful films include" Anantana Avantara"( 1989)," Avale Nanna Hendthi"( 1988)," Ajagajantara"( 1991) and" Hendathi Endare Heegarabeku"( 1995). Kashinath made a prominent return when he was cast as an elderly jail inmate who gets falsely accused in his daughter's death in Tharun Sudhir's" Chowka"( 2017). His last film performance before his death in 2018, is in under-production film" Ol Muniswamy". <SEP> Thedi in Kannada is an Indian bilingual film, directed by P. Neelakantan and produced by B. R. Panthulu. Mudhal Thethi in Tamil, Modala This was the first film produced by Panthulu under" Padmini Pictures" banner. The Tamil version starred Sivaji Ganesan, Anjali Devi, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Madhuram in lead roles. The film had musical score by T. G. Lingappa scoring for his first feature film. The film was a remake of Hindi film" Paheli Tarikh"( 1954). The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada language retaining the same crew members with a slight change in the main star cast. The Kannada version titled" Modala Thedi" starred B. R. Panthulu, M. V. Rajamma, Dikki Madhava Rao and Chi. Sadashivaiah. <SEP> Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965. <SEP> Be- Shaque is a 1981 Hindi- language Indian feature film directed by Kashinath, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali, Amrish Puri and Jalal Agha. It is a remake of own Kannada directorial Aparichita. <SEP> Palaniyaandi Neelakantan (2 October 1916 Villupuram – 3 September 1992 Chennai) was a Tamil film director, who was active for nearly four decades. He was born at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. He graduated to movies from stage play. His play "Naam Iruvar" was brought by movie mogul Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar and made into a film in 1947. Then he wrote the dialogues for films like "Vedala Ulagam" in 1948. His directorial debut was with "Oru Iravu" in (1951), the dialogue for which was written by C. N. Annadurai. Two films that made him well-known are ALS productions "Ambikapadi" (1957) and "Thirudadhe" (1961). He also has directed movies in Kannada and Sinhalese "Suneetha" and "Sujage Rahase". Neelakantan was mainly associated with creating M. G. Ramachandran's (MGR) movie persona. Between "Chakravarthi Thirumagal" in 1957 and "Needhikku Thalaivanangu" in 1976, Neelakantan directed altogether 17 of MGR's movies. <SEP> W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.