Question: Are both director of film Sadma and director of film Thrice Resurrected from the same country?

It stars Sridevi and Kamal Haasan in the lead roles along with a music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film tells the story of Nehalata Malhotra( Sridevi), a young woman who regresses to childhood as result of retrograde amnesia after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped in a brothel before being rescued by Somu( Kamal Haasan), a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her. The film was initially released on July 8, 1983 and then 2 weeks later released on July 22 in Delhi and other areas. The film was a remake of Mahendra's own 1982 Tamil film" Moondram Pirai", which also starred Kamal and Sridevi. Sadma was widely acclaimed by critics for its direction, screenplay, music and performances. Sridevi's performance as an amnesiac woman was widely praised and is considered as one of the finest performances in Indian film history. Although a commercial failure upon release," Sadma" over the years has gained a cultural following and cult status and is considered to be one of the finest Indian movies to be ever made. Sadma is a 1983 Indian romantic drama film, written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. At the 31st Filmfare Awards, Sadma received three nominations: Best Actor( Haasan) Best Actress( Sridevi), and Best Story. <SEP> Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran( 20 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a legendary cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Born in a Eelam Tamil family, he developed a passion for photography and literature at a young age. After witnessing the shoot of David Lean's" The Bridge on the River Kwai"( 1957) during a school trip in Sri Lanka, he was drawn towards filmmaking. He graduated from the London University and started his career as a draughtsman with the Sri Lankan Government. Upon completion of his diploma, he entered Malayalam cinema as a cinematographer in the early 1970s. After working in over 20 films as a cinematographer, Mahendra made his directorial debut in 1977 with the Kannada film" Kokila". Since then, he directed over 20 films in a span of 36 years. Along with P. Bharathiraja and J. Mahendran, he is regarded as a trendsetter in Tamil cinema. In 1966, he moved to India and gained admission to the Film and Television Institute of India( FTII) to pursue a course in motion picture photography. During the tail end of his career, he established a film school in Chennai, which offers courses in cinematography, direction and acting. Following a brief phase of poor health, Mahendra died of cardiac arrest in February 2014. Widely regarded as an auteur, Mahendra usually scripted and edited his films apart from shooting them. He was the recipient of six National Film Awards( including two for Best Cinematography), five Filmfare Awards South and several state government awards. <SEP> Thrice Resurrected is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Gaidai. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> His films broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top- selling DVDs in Russia. Leonid Iovich Gaidai( 30 January 1923, Svobodny, Amur Oblast – 19 November 1993, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. He has been described as" the king of Soviet comedy". <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.