Question: Are the directors of films The Woman In Black (2012 Film) and Anurodh both from the same country?

He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for" Aradhana"( 1969)," Anuraag"( 1973) and" Amanush", which was also made in Bengali, a language in which he made six films, including an Indo- Bangladesh joint production in 1984. Shakti Samanta( 13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as" Howrah BridgeChina TownKashmir Ki KaliAn Evening in ParisAradhanaKati Patang", and" Amar Prem". <SEP> The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Simple Kapadia, Rita Bhaduri, Ashok Kumar, Asrani, Asit Sen Utpal Dutt and Nirupa Roy. The music of the film is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Anurodh( English:" Request") is a 1977 Hindi musical drama film, based on the 1963 Bengali film" Deya Neya", produced by Girija Samanta and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie revolves around a rich city boy( played by Khanna), who aspires to be a musician against his father's wishes and assumes a different identity to sing for a radio station, while his songs are written by a poor friend( played by Mehra) Pyarelal quoted in an interview" Rajesh Khanna had great interest in music and a terrific sense of melody too. His music is dominated by Pancham( R.D. Burman) and us and we accepted Shakti Samanta's Anurodh only because Rajesh Khanna had had some misunderstanding with Pancham then and did not want to work with him." Director Shakti Samanta said that although the film had an" interesting story", he felt that audiences did n't want to accept the leading man, Rajesh Khanna, doing romantic scenes with his real- life wife Dimple Kapadia's sister Simple Kapadia and this is the reason this film was just a superhit otherwise it would have been a bigger blockbuster. <SEP> He was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards. James Thomas Watkins( born 20 May 1973 in Nottingham, England) is an English film director and screenwriter, best known for directing" The Woman in Black" starring Daniel Radcliffe. He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed thriller" Eden Lake", starring Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. It won Best Horror Film at the 2009 Empire Awards, the Jury Prize at Sitges Fantasy Festival and Best Director at Fantasporto. Watkins has written scripts for Warner Bros., Working Title, Film4 and BBC Films. <SEP> It is the second adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1989. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role, alongside Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, and Liz White. The plot is set in early 20th- century England and follows a young, recently widowed lawyer who travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals. The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions, Alliance Films, Cross Creek Pictures and the UK Film Council. The Woman in Black is a 2012 British- American- Swedish- Canadian supernatural horror film directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman. A film adaptation of Hill's novel was announced in 2009, with Goldman and Watkins attached to the project. During July 2010, Radcliffe was cast in the lead role of Arthur Kipps. The film was planned to be shot in 3D before plans were scrapped. Principal photography took place from September to December 2010 across England. Post- production lasted until June 2011. It attracted controversy after receiving a 12A certificate from the British Board of Film Classification, despite several cuts being made. " The Woman in Black" premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in London before being theatrically released in North America on 3 February 2012 by CBS Films and Alliance Films and in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2012 by Momentum Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews with critics praising Radcliffe's performance, cinematography, direction, atmosphere and homages to Hammer's gothic horror films, calling it a" solid ghost story". It was also commercially successful, grossing$ 127 million worldwide. A sequel,, was released on 2 January 2015, without the involvement of Radcliffe, Watkins or Goldman. <SEP> The Woman in Black: Angel of Death( released as The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death in some countries) is a 2014 American- British- Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Tom Harper and starring Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Adrian Rawlins, Leanne Best, and Ned Dennehy. The screenplay was written by Jon Croker from a story by Susan Hill. It is the sequel to the 2012 film" The Woman in Black", and is produced by Hammer Film Productions and Entertainment One. <SEP> Tobin A. Armbrust( born 1971) is an American film producer who works for Exclusive Media, a film production and distribution company. The films he has produced include" Firewall"( 2006)," Let Me In"( 2010)," The Woman in Black"( 2012)," End of Watch"( 2012)," Rush"( 2013)," Begin Again"( 2013), and" Dark Places"( 2014).