Question: Which film whose director is younger, Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu or The Darling Of Paris (1931 Film)?

It was one of the first films to portray Gabin in his characteristic 1930s setting of pessimistic working class settings. The Darling of Paris( French: Paris Béguin) is a 1931 French drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Jane Marnac, Jean Gabin and Jean- Max. <SEP> The Darling of the Rich is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Betty Blythe, Gladys Leslie, and Montagu Love. <SEP> The film is deemed to be a landmark in Kannada cinema. Kamal Hassan felt that the film" was done on a scale that only big Hollywood directors would think of." Vishnuvardhan( Gulla), Lokesh( Ayyu), and M. P. Shankar( Bhootayya) play the main characters. Lokesh won the State Award for this movie. The best actress award was won by Bhavani and the best supporting actress was won by the veteran artiste Rushyendramani. Incidentally, this is the only film in which the grandmother and granddaughter duo of Bhavani and Rushyendramani ever shared screen space in. The film was artistically directed by Siddalingaiah of" Bangarada Manushya" fame. D. V. Rajaram won accolades for the fantastic cinematography, which is considered one of his lifetime best. The cinematography and the acting skills of the lead characters remains the most positive point of the movie in addition to a strong and touching story line. The music was scored by G. K. Venkatesh and the film also has some very good songs rendered by P. B. Sreenivas and S. Janaki. " Malenada Henna Mai Banna" is one of the evergreen songs in the history of Kannada films. Though M. P. Shankar appears in a short role in the movie, he is successful in making an ever- lasting impression on the audience. This film was shot in Kalasapura village, near Chikmagalur town. Siddalingaiah had a particular attachment with this location. His other landmark movie" Bangarada Manushya" was also shot( partly) in the same village. Kamal Haasan had lauded the movie while picking his 70 favourite Indian movies and had said-" Though this was a commercial film, it was done on a scale that only big Hollywood directors would think of. So much hard work went into the film." Jayamala had revealed that she had played a small role in this movie. Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu is 1974 Indian Kannada language film, directed by Siddalingaiah, based on the story of the same name from the short stories collection," Vayyari", by Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, starring Vishnuvardhan, Lokesh and M. P. Shankar in the lead roles. One of the co-producers of the movie, S. P. Varadaraj was the younger brother of actor Rajkumar. This was the first movie of a Rajkumar family member in partnership with others. The title card of the movie revealed that this was the first Kannada Eastman colour movie to have been completely shot outdoor. The film was remade in Tamil as" Ellorum Nallavare"( 1975), starring Muthuraman, in Hindi as" Ek Gaon Ki Kahani"( 1975), starring Rakesh Pandey and in Telugu as" Andharoo Manchivaare"( 1976), starring Shoban Babu. <SEP> Augusto Genina( 28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director. Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the" Il Mondo" Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the" Film d' Arte Italiana", that produces his first film" La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film" Miss Europe". He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy. He won Venice Film Festival Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by" Lo squadrone bianco" and in 1940 by" The Siege of the Alcazar", both Fascist propaganda films. In 1953, he filmed" Three Forbidden Stories", another version of the real accident depicted by Giuseppe De Santis one year before in" Rome 11 o'clock Roma ore 11"). <SEP> The Darling of Paris is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel" The Hunchback of Notre- Dame" by Victor Hugo. It was produced by William Fox. " The Darling of Paris" was later re-edited from six to five reels and re-released by Fox on February 16, 1919. The film is now considered lost. <SEP> He made his directorial debut in 1969 with" Mayor Muthanna". He directed films including" Bangaarada Manushya"( 1972) and" Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu"( 1974). Siddalingaiah( 15 December 1936 – 12 March 2015) was an Indian film director and writer in the Kannada film industry. He frequently starred actor Rajkumar. In 1993 – 94, he was awarded the Puttanna Kanagal Award for his contribution to the Kannada film industry as a director.