Question: Do both films Garm Hava and A Hole In The Head have the directors from the same country?

Ishan Arya( Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian cinematographer, and producer, best known as producer and cinematographer of Art cinema classic" Garm Hava"( 1973). After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with" Garm Hava" directed by M. S. Sathyu. After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he work on two noted Hindi art films," Bazaar"( 1982) directed by Sagar Sarhadi and" Anjuman"( 1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali. At the 23rd National Film Awards, he won the Best Cinematography Award for Telugu film," Mutyala Muggu"( 1975). <SEP> Born in Italy and raised in Los Angeles from the age of five, his rags- to- riches story has led film historians such as Ian Freer to consider him the" American Dream personified." Capra became one of America's most influential directors during the 1930s, winning three Academy Awards for Best Director from six nominations, along with three other Oscar wins from nine nominations in other categories. Among his leading films were" It Happened One Night"( 1934)," You Ca n't Take It with You"( 1938), and" Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"( 1939); Capra was nominated as Best Director and as producer for Academy Award for Best Picture on all three films, winning both awards on the first two. During World War II, Capra served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and produced propaganda films, such as the" Why We Fight" series. Frank Russell Capra( born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian- American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award- winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. After World War II, Capra's career declined as his later films, such as" It's a Wonderful Life"( 1946), performed poorly when they were first released. In ensuing decades, however," It's a Wonderful Life" and other Capra films were revisited favorably by critics. Outside of directing, Capra was active in the film industry, engaging in various political and social activities. He served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, worked alongside the Writers Guild of America, and was head of the Directors Guild of America. <SEP> It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by noted Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai. The film score was given by the classical musician Ustad Bahadur Khan, with lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, it also featured a qawwali composed and performed by Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi and his Warsi Brothers troupe. Set in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim businessman and his family, in the period after the 1947 partition of India. In the grim months after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, film's protagonist and patriarch of the family Salim Mirza, deals with the dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan, as many of his relatives, or stay back. Garm Hava( translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Urdu drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead. The film details the slow disintegration of his family, and is one of the most poignant films made on India's partition. It remains one of the few serious films dealing with the post-Partition plight of Muslims in India. It is often credited with pioneering a new wave of art cinema movement in Hindi Cinema, and alongside a film from another debutant film director, Shyam Benegal," Ankur"( 1973), are considered landmarks of Hindi Parallel Cinema, which had already started flourishing in other parts of India; in Bengal, notably by Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak as well as in Kerala. The movie also launched the career of actor Farooq Shaikh, and also marked the end of Balraj Sahni's film career, who died before its release. It was India's official entry to the Academy Award's Best Foreign Film category, nominated for the Palme d' Or at the Cannes Film Festival, won a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. In 2005," Indiatimes Movies" ranked the movie amongst the" Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films". <SEP> Gita Siddharth( died 14 December 2019) was an Indian actress and social worker. She acted in mainstream Bollywood as well as art house cinema, like" Parichay"( 1972)," Garm Hava"( 1973), and" Gaman"( 1978). She was best known for her role in M.S. Sathyu's" Garm Hava"( 1973), at the 21st National Film Awards, where the film won the award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, and she received a souvenir as the lead actress. She was married to documentary maker, television producer, and presenter, Siddharth Kak, most known for his cultural magazine show," Surabhi" in 1990s. Their daughter Antara Kak is a documentary film maker. Gita was also an art director with the show. She died on 14 December 2019. <SEP> It was based upon the play of the same name by Arnold Schulman. The film introduced the song" High Hopes" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, a Sinatra standard used as a campaign song by John F. Kennedy during the presidential election the following year. Wynn plays a wealthy former friend of Sinatra's character who expresses interest in his plan to build a Disneyland in Florida( the film predates Disney World) —until he notices that Sinatra seems too desperate as he cheers for a dog upon which he'd bet heavily. The movie ends with Tony, Eloise and Ally singing" High Hopes" on the beach. Sinatra sings" All My Tomorrows," another Cahn/ Van Heusen song, under the opening titles. The screenplay was adapted by playwright Arnold Schulman, whose father was the operator of a Miami, Florida hotel. The protagonist of" A Hole in the Head" is a Miami hotel operator of" The Garden of Eden." The actual hotel used for the exterior shots was the Cardozo Hotel, located on Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. Shot over 40 days from 10 November 1958 to 9 January 1959, the film did not enjoy the smoothest of productions, especially during the location filming at Miami Beach. Sinatra's relations with the press were problematic, the media seizing on every anti-Sinatra rumor they could find. Aided by William Daniels, Capra completed the film a full 80 days ahead of schedule, its final production cost of$ 1.89 million well under the allotted budget. A Hole in the Head( 1959) is a DeLuxe Color comedy film, in CinemaScope, directed by Frank Capra, featuring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Dub Taylor, Ruby Dandridge, Eddie Hodges, and Joi Lansing, and released by United Artists. The film opened on June 17, 1959. Although having some positive reviews, the film was a modest box- office success, grossing$ 4 million in America. Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for" High Hopes". <SEP> Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu( born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. He is best known for his directorial" Garm Hava"( 1973), which was based on the partition of India. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975.