Question: Are both director of film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom and director of film Party (1984 film) from the same country?

He has been the recipient of six National Film Awards, and five Bollywood Filmfare Awards. Govind Nihalani( born 19 December 1940) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. In 1996, his script for" Drohkaal" was adapted by Kamal Hassan for its Tamil remake," Kuruthipunal", which subsequently became India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category. His first directorial venture was" Aakrosh", starring Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil and Amrish Puri. The film was scripted by noted Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film shared the Golden Peacock for best film at the International Film Festival of India held in New Delhi in 1981. <SEP> The film is a loose adaptation of the book" The 120 Days of Sodom" by the Marquis de Sade, set during World War II, and was Pasolini's final film, being released posthumously three weeks after his murder. The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupt Italian libertines, in the time of the fascist Republic of Salò( 1943 – 1945). The libertines kidnap eighteen teenagers and subject them to four months of extreme violence, murder, sadism and sexual and mental torture. The film explores the themes of political corruption, consumerism, capitalism, nihilism, morality, abuse of power, social darwinism, sadism, sexuality and fascism. The story is in four segments, inspired by Dante's" Divine Comedy": the Anteinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Excrement, and the Circle of Blood. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, titled Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English- language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò, is a 1975 period horror art film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film also contains frequent references to and several discussions of Friedrich Nietzsche's 1887 book" On the Genealogy of Morality", Ezra Pound's poem" The Cantos", and Marcel Proust's novel sequence" In Search of Lost Time". Premiering at the Paris Film Festival on 23 November 1975, the film had a brief theatrical run in Italy before being banned in January 1976 and was released in the United States the following year on 3 October 1977. Because it depicts youths subjected to intensely graphic violence, relentless sadism, sexual deviance and brutal murder, the film was extremely controversial upon its release and has remained banned in several countries into the 21st century. The confluence of thematic content in the film—ranging from the political and socio-historical, to psychological and sexual—has led to much critical discussion of the film. It has been both praised and decried by various film historians and critics and was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006. It is also the subject of an entry in" The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural"( 1986). <SEP> Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television. <SEP> He remains a controversial personality in Italy due to his blunt style and the focus of some of his works on taboo sexual matters. Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual, who also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure. He was an established major figure in European literature and cinematic arts. His murder prompted an outcry in Italy and its circumstances continue to be a matter of heated debate. <SEP> Paolo Bonacelli( born 28 February 1937) is an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film," Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom"( 1975). He was in" Midnight Express"( 1978) as the despised prison trustee Rifki and" Caligula"( 1979), in which he plays the role of Cassius Chaerea. He co-starred with Roberto Benigni in the films" Johnny Stecchino" and" Night on Earth", both from 1991. <SEP> The film boasted an ensemble cast of leading art cinema actors of Parallel Cinema, including Vijaya Mehta, Manohar Singh, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, and Rohini Hattangadi. It based on the play" Party"( 1976) by Mahesh Elkunchwar. The movie was produced by National Film Development Corporation of India( NFDC). Party is a 1984 Hindi- language film directed by Govind Nihalani. " Party" was the official Indian entry to the 32nd International Film Festival of India, New Delhi, and also took part in the Tokyo Film Festival 1985 and Asia Pacific Film Festival 1985.