Question: Are the directors of films Suzhou River (Film) and Andala Ramudu (1973 Film) both from the same country?

<P0-S0> The Silent River Film Festival( SRFF) held annually, is a non-profit organization based in Irvine, California, USA, south of Hollywood. <P0-S1> In its third year, it is a program of the Silent River film and Literary Society, focussed on promoting the art of cinema and literature. <SEP> <P1-S0> Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana( 15 December 1933 – 31 August 2014), known professionally as Bapu, was an Indian film director, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, screenwriter, music artist, and designer known for his works in Telugu cinema, and bollywood. <P1-S1> In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema. <P1-S2> Bapu's directorial venture" Saakshi" was showcased at" Tashkent International film festival" in 1968. <P1-S3> " Seeta Kalyanam" was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Reno and Denver International Film Festivals in 1978, and is part of the course at the British Film Institute. <P1-S4> " Tyagayya"( 1981) and" Pelli Pustakam"( 1991) were premiered at the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India. <P1-S5> Bapu's 2011 film," Sri Rama Rajyam", had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011. <P1-S6> He has garnered two National Honors, two National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South best Telugu director, and a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for the year 2012. <P1-S7> In 1996, he appeared in the Doordarshan Documentary" Eminent Cartoonists of India", and was awarded Life Time Achievement from Indian Institute of Cartoonists in 2001. <P1-S8> He gained international recognition through his art works viz.," Bapu Bomma The Navarasas", and the" Indian Dances" etc., which were held at the National Film Theatre, London, in 1978 and at the innumerable Telugu Conferences in the United States. <P1-S9> He has worked as a graphic artist for" J Walter ThomsonEfficient Publicities" and" F. D. Stewarts", Chennai. <P1-S10> In 1964, he was a delegate at the UNESCO sponsored seminar in Bangalore on" Children's Books". <P1-S11> The same year, he gave demonstrations for the training course programme on book illustrations and cover designs sponsored by UNESCO in Chennai. <P1-S12> In the 1960s he has served as art Consultant for Ford Foundation sponsored" The Southern Language Book Trust". <P1-S13> He has designed and illustrated several books for leading publishers in South India out of which, five received Government Awards. <P1-S14> He has also done the same for innumerable works drawn from the puranas and folklore. <SEP> <P2-S0> Lou Ye , born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter-director who is commonly grouped with the "Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. <SEP> <P3-S0> Andala Ramudu is the name of the following Telugu films: <SEP> <P4-S0> Andala Ramudu is a 1973 Telugu, comedy drama film, film produced by N. S. Murthy under the Chitra Kalpana banner and directed by Bapu. <P4-S1> It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Latha in the lead roles and music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. <P4-S2> The film is based on Mullapudi Venkata Ramana's" Janata Express"( novel). <P4-S3> The film is the debut to veteran artists Nutan Prasad and Latha. <P4-S4> The film won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 1973. <P4-S5> The film has given enthusiastically drawing atmosphere and spirit to the movie" Godavari"( 2006), directed by Sekhar Kammula. <SEP> <P5-S0> Suzhou River  is a 2000 film by Lou Ye about a tragic love story set in contemporary Shanghai. <P5-S1> The film, though stylistically distinct, is typical of "Sixth Generation" Chinese filmmakers in its subject matter of contemporary China's gritty urban experience. <P5-S2> The film stars Zhou Xun in a dual role as two different women and Jia Hongsheng as a man obsessed with finding a woman from his past. <P5-S3> The film was co-produced by the German Essential Films and China's Dream Factory. <P5-S4> Writer-director Lou Ye's second film, "Suzhou River" takes as its background the chaotically built-up riverside architecture of factory buildings and abandoned warehouses along the Suzhou River, rather than the glitzy new face of Shanghai. <P5-S5> Though well-received abroad, "Suzhou River" was not screened in its native China, as Lou Ye was banned from filmmaking for two years after screening his film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam without permission from Chinese authorities. <P5-S6> The movie is now authorized in China.