Question: Which film has the director who died first, The Tango On Broadway or Kalpana (1948 Film)?

It is his only film. The story revolves around a young dancer's dream of setting up a dance academy, a reflection of Shankar's own academy, which he founded at Almora. It starred Uday Shankar and his wife Amala Shankar as leads and 16- year- old actress Padmini, making her screen debut. It also marks Usha Kiran's debut film too. " Kalpana" was the first film to present an Indian classical dancer in the leading role, and was entirely shot as a dance ballet and a fantasy. It was shown at the International Film Festival of India( IFFI- Goa)( 2008), as a part of the section" Treasures from NFAI"( National Film Archive of India), with other" rare gems" from the archives. Kalpana( English title: Imagination) is a 1948 Hindi film featuring a dance- drama, written and directed by noted dancer, Uday Shankar. <SEP> Louis Joseph Gasnier( September 15, 1875 – February 15, 1963) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and stage actor. A cinema pioneer, Gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian Max Linder, co- directed the enormously successful film serial" The Perils of Pauline"( 1914) and capped his output with the notorious low- budget exploitation film" Reefer Madness"( 1936) which was both a critical and box office failure. <SEP> The film was a Spanish- language production made in the United States, for release to Spanish- speaking audiences at home and abroad. It was made by Paramount Pictures at the company's New York Studios. Gardel was a popular Argentinian singer of tango music who made a number of films for Paramount before his death in 1935. The Tango on Broadway( Spanish: El tango en Broadway) is a 1934 American musical film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Carlos Gardel, Trini Ramos and Blanca Vischer. Like Gardel's other American films, it is not a version of an existing English- language film, but a completely original story. By contrast, most of Hollywood's Spanish language films were remakes of English productions. <SEP> He was a pioneer of modern dance in India. In 1962, he was awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement, and in 1971, the Govt. of India, awarded him with its second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan. Uday Shankar (8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in 1920s and 1930s. <SEP> Zombies on Broadway( or Loonies on Broadway in the UK) is a 1945 American zombie comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It stars RKO's imitation Abbott and Costello Alan Carney and Wally Brown as a pair of men who are tasked with finding a real zombie for a zombie- themed nightclub. Sheldon Leonard, as a former mobster turned nightclub owner, and Bela Lugosi, as the mad scientist who created the zombies, also appear. <SEP> Blanca Vischer( January 5, 1915 – November 24, 1969) was a Guatemalan film actress who moved to the United States where she made most of her films. Vischer generally played supporting or minor roles, but occasionally played more prominent characters particularly in Spanish- language films made by American studios such as" The Tango on Broadway"( 1934) in which she was third billed. Vischer also appeared in several Mexican films. In 1936 she featured in the Hollywood war film" A Message to Garcia"( 1936).