Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Final Destination or Eradu Rekhegalu?

The film stars Saritha, Srinath and Geetha in lead roles. Produced by Chandulal Jain, the film is a remake of 1969 Tamil hit" Iru Kodugal", starring Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki and Jayanthi. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Eradu Rekhegalu is a 1984 Indian Kannada language drama film, directed by K. Balachander. The story revolves around a man who circumstantially gets to marry two women and faces an emotional roller- coaster. The film was made in Telugu as" Collector Janaki" and in Hindi as" Sanjog". <SEP> He was well known for his distinct film- making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard- hitting contemporary subject matter. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. Popularly referred to as" Iyakkunar Sigaram"( lit." the director who scaled the peak"), his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965). In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country. Known among his colleagues as a tough task master, he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably Nagesh, Sujatha, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Saritha, Renuka, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Vivek. In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards. Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. He was honored with the Padma Shri( 1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema. He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well. <SEP> His credits included dozens of films and television series including" National Lampoon's Vacation, Baywatch, Lethal Weapon," and" Patriot Games." David Richard Ellis( September 8, 1952 – January 7, 2013) was an American film director and stunt performer born in Santa Monica, California in 1952. He also served as second unit director on blockbuster action films like" Waterworld, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Matrix Reloaded," and His feature directorial credits included the action thriller" Snakes on a Plane" and two entries in the" Final Destination" series. <SEP> Jeffrey Reddick( born July 12, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for creating the" Final Destination" franchise. <SEP> A standalone sequel to "Final Destination 3", it is the fourth installment in the "Final Destination" film series, and stars Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, and Mykelti Williamson. Produced by New Line Cinema, the film was released on August 28, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first film in the series to be shot in HD 3D, and is currently the highest-grossing "Final Destination" film, earning $186 million worldwide but also received the worst critical reception of the franchise. The Final Destination (also known as Final Destination 4 or Final Destination 3D) is a 2009 American 3D supernatural horror film written by Eric Bress and directed by David R. Ellis. The fifth film in the series, "Final Destination 5", was released in August 2011. <SEP> Final Destination 3 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong. A standalone sequel to" Final Destination 2"( 2003), it is the third installment in the" Final Destination" film series. Wong and Glen Morgan, who worked on the franchise's first film, wrote the screenplay. " Final Destination 3" stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman, and takes place five years after the first film. Winstead plays Wendy Christensen, a high school graduate who has a premonition that a roller coaster she and her classmates are riding will derail. Although she saves some of them, Death begins hunting the survivors. Wendy realizes photographs she took at the amusement park contain clues about her classmates' death. Allies with another survivor and friend Kevin Fischer( Merriman), Wendy tries to use this knowledge to save the rest of them and to ruin Death's scheme. The film's development began shortly after the release of" Final Destination 2"; Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the franchise and a co-writer of the first two films, did not return for the third one. Unlike the second film, which was a direct sequel to the first, the producers envisioned" Final Destination 3" as a stand- alone film. The idea of featuring a roller coaster derailment as the opening- scene disaster came from New Line Cinema executive Richard Bryant. From the beginning, Wong and Morgan saw control as a major theme in the film. Casting began in March 2005 and concluded in April. Like the previous two installments, it was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. The first two weeks of the three- month shoot were spent filming the roller coaster's derailment. Following its premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on February 2, 2006, the film was released in cinemas in the United States on February 10, 2006. The DVD, released on July 25, 2006, includes commentaries, documentaries, a deleted scene and an animated video. A special- edition DVD called" Thrill Ride Edition" includes a feature called" Choose Their Fate", which acts as an interactive film, allowing viewers to make decisions at specific points in the film that alter the course of the story. " Final Destination 3" received a mixed critical response. Some critics called the film formulaic and said it brought nothing new to the franchise, while others praised it for being enjoyable and fulfilling its audience's expectations. Two death scenes involving tanning beds and a nail gun, respectively, as well as Winstead's performance attracted positive comments from reviewers. The film was a financial success and, with box office receipts of nearly$ 118 million, the highest- grossing installment in the franchise at the time. A fourth film," The Final Destination", was released in August 2009.