Question: Do director of film Tohfa and director of film Destiny (1977 Film) have the same nationality?

He has garnered eight state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, the SIIMA Award, five Filmfare Awards South and two Cine MAA Awards. In a film career spanning more than five decades, Rao has directed more than a hundred feature films, of which around ninety were box office hits, across multiple genres such as romantic comedy, fantasy, melodrama, action thriller, biographical and romance films. Rao received the state Nandi Award for Best Director for his works such as" Bobbili Brahmanna"( 1984), and" Pelli Sandadi"( 1996). He garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for the drama film" Prema Lekhalu"( 1977), the super natural fantasy film," Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari"( 1990), and the romance film" Allari Priyudu"( 1993). Rao is known for his works in hagiographical films such as" Annamayya"( 1997), which won two National Film Awards, and was also showcased at the 1998 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. Rao also received the Nandi Award for Best Direction, the Filmfare Award for Best Direction for his work in the film. K. Raghavendra Rao( born Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao on 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and choreographer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi and Kannada films. His other hagiographic works such as" Sri Manjunatha"( 2001)," Sri Ramadasu"( 2006)," Shirdi Sai"( 2012) and" Om Namo Venkatesaya"( 2017), received several state honors. His mainstream works such as the 1987 Social problem film" Agni Putrudu", and the 1988 action thriller" Aakhari Poratam", were screened at the 11th and 12th International Film Festival of India respectively in the mainstream section. In 1992, he directed the melodrama" Gharana Mogudu", premiered at the 1993 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section, which became the first Telugu film to gross over 10 crore at the box office. Next, he directed the instant hit" Allari Priyudu", which was also premiered at the 1994 International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. <SEP> He is best known as Nagulnov in" Podniataya Tselina", based on Mikhail Sholokhov's novel; and Nekhludov in" Resurrection", based on Leo Tolstoy's novel. Yevgeny Semyonovich Matveyev( 8 March 1922 – 1 June 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. <SEP> It stars Sridevi, Jeetendra, and Jaya Prada and music composed by Bappi Lahiri The film is a remake of the Telugu film" Devata"( 1982). The film upon its release was a massive box office success, grossing, becoming the highest- grossing Indian film of 1984. The film's narrative follows siblings Janki and Lalita who both fall for Ram, their good friend. Tohfa( English:" Gift") is a 1984 Indian masala film produced by D. Ramanaidu under the Suresh Productions banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. When Lalita learns that Janki loves Ram, she steps back and allows her sister to marry him. It was a direct remake of Raghavendra Rao's Telugu blockbuster" Devatha"( 1982), with Sridevi and Jaya Prada reprising their roles. At the 32nd Filmfare Awards," Tohfa" received three nominations: Best Comic Actor( Kapoor), Best Music and Best Lyrics" Pyaar Ka Tohfa Tera.". The story drew inspiration from the 1959 Tamil film" Kalyana Parisu", directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also directed its Hindi remake," Nazrana",( 1961) starring Raj Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala and the 1960 Telugu movie" Pelli Kanuka". <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> This film had 57,8 million spectators in 1978. Destiny is a 1977 war film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, Yury Yakovlev, screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin's second book, the novel" Earthy Love". Evgeniy Matveyev was honored with State Prize of the USSR for" Destiny" in 1978.