Question: Which film has the director who died first, Maisie Gets Her Man or Thodi Kodallu?

Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners". <SEP> Thodi Kodallu (English: "Co-Sisters") is a 1957 Telugu drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under Annapurna Pictures and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the lead roles and music composed by Master Venu. The film is based on Sharat Chandra Chatterjee's Bengali novel "Nishkriti", which was simultaneously remade as the Tamil movie "Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi" (1957); both movies were made simultaneously by the same banner and director, and some of the scenes and artists are the same in both versions. The film won the Certificate of merit for Best Feature Film in Telugu. <SEP> Swing Shift Maisie( also known as Swing It, Maisie) is a 1943 romantic comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It is the seventh in a series of 10 films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie, preceded by" Maisie Gets Her Man"( 1942) and followed by" Maisie Goes to Reno"( 1944). Her co-stars are James Craig and Jean Rogers. <SEP> Rao is widely regarded as the intellectual fountain head of Indian drama films. He has garnered seven National Film Awards. Rao made his foray into cinema as Associate to Uday Shankar in the 1948 dance film Kalpana, which was showcased in the" Treasures from National Film Archive of India" at the 39th International Film Festival of India. The 1960 film Nammina Bantu was a work of drama in the broader sense achieved by means of actors who represented mimesis throughout the narrative. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as" Pattaliyin Vetri". Adurthi Subba Rao( 16 December 1912 – 1 October 1975) was an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, bollywood, and Tamil cinema. Upon release both versions received critical acclaim. The Telugu work was screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. The 1964 film Doctor Chakravarthy was adapted by Rao based on Koduri Kousalya Devi's Novel" Chakrabhramanam". The film was the first film to win the Nandi Award, instituted by Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1964. The box office success was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. Rao's next work was Mooga Manasulu based on the concept of reincarnation, the first of its kind in Indian cinema in the genre of semi-fiction intended to be more serious in tone with elements that encourage a broader range of moods throughout the narrative. The film was remade in Hindi as" Milan"( 1967) directed by Rao himself, while the Tamil" Praptham"( 1971) was adapted from Rao's work. The Telugu version received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and the Filmfare Best Film Award( Telugu) in 1964 and was screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In 1968, Rao experimented with courtroom drama and detective fiction in his work Sudigundalu, the film received special mention at the Tashkent and Moscow Film Festivals for its inherent" film with a key" narrative. The film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, The Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film- Telugu for that year and was featured at the International Film Festival of India. <SEP> Roy Del Ruth( October 18, 1893, Delaware – April 27, 1961) was an American film director. <SEP> It stars Ann Sothern and Red Skelton in this the sixth of the ten-film Maisie series. Maisie Gets Her Man is a 1942 film directed by Roy Del Ruth.