Are Joseph M. Newman and Shyam Benegal both film directors?
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Joseph M. Newman Joseph M. Newman (August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film "This Island Earth". His credits include episodes of "The Twilight Zone" and "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour".
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Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934) is an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films "Ankur" (1973), "Nishant" (1975), "Manthan" (1976) and "" (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India. He has expressed dislike of the term, preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema. Benegal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, Benegal was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times.
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Imoinu Imoinu is a 2015 Manipur film directed by Bijgupta Laishram and produced by Tarunkumar Heisnam, under the banner of Heisnam Brothers Films and presented by Shrabankumar. The film features Gokul Athokpam, Sonia Samjetsabam and Sonia Hijam in the lead roles. Danny Likmabam, Maya Choudhory, Pritam, Prameshwori, Sanajaoba, Loken, Dhanamanjuri and Puneshori are cast as supporting roles. "Imoinu" was released at Bheigyachandra Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Imphal, on 30 October 2015. The film was also screened at different theatres of Manipur, including Pratap Talkies, Imphal in January 2016, and it was well received by the audiences.
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Iti Mrinalini Iti Mrinalini (Bengali: ইতি মৃণালিনী English: Yours Mrinalini ; English: An Unfinished Letter ) is a critically acclaimed 2011 Indian drama film directed by acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Aparna Sen. The director collaborates with debutant screenwriter Ranjan Ghosh to pen the story and the screenplay, a major first for her. The film has been produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd. It is also the first film by Sen to be nationally released in Hindi simultaneously with the Bengali version for her Bengal audience. Many critics consider it among her best work along with "Mr. and Mrs. Iyer" and "36 Chowringhee Lane".
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Joe Newman (trumpeter) Joseph Dwight Newman (7 September 1922 – 4 July 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count Basie.
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Ben Burtt Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film editor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He has worked as sound designer on various films, including the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" film series, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), "WALL-E" (2008) and "Star Trek" (2009).
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Jim Newman (television producer) Jim Newman (born 1933 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a film and television producer, contemporary art curator, gallerist and musician.
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Bhumika (film) Bhumika ('The Role') is a 1977 Indian film directed by Shyam Benegal. The movie stars Smita Patil, Amol Palekar, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah and Amrish Puri.
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Mohanlal filmography []Mohanlal] is an Indian actor, producer, and singer who has starred in both blockbuster and art house films for independent filmmakers. During his career, he has appeared in more than 340 feature films, primarily in Malayalam cinema but also in other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. In 1978, when he was 18, he started acting with a minor comedic role in the unreleased film "Thiranottam", before making screen debut in 1980 as antagonist in the romance film "Manjil Virinja Pookkal". His portrayal of Narendran, a sadistic husband, received recognition and the film developed a cult status in Malayalam cinema. Subsequently, Mohanlal was cast as the antagonist in many films. His first positive role was in "Padayottam" (1982), the first 70 mm film in Malayalam. In 1984 he starred in "Poochakkoru Mookkuthi", a comedy film whose success triggered a trend and popularised the genre in the 1980s. In an early critically acclaimed performance, Mohanlal played an antihero in the I. V. Sasi-directed thriller "Uyarangalil" (1984). In the same year, he co-founded Casino Films, a motion picture production company which later produced his popular comedies "Gandhinagar 2nd Street" (1986) and "Nadodikkattu" (1987).
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A Wednesday! A Wednesday! is a 2008 Indian thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher. Set between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday, the film depicts an about-to-retire police commissioner (Anupam Kher) narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday. There does not exist any written record. The awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people. It was the inspiration for Tamil movie "Unnaipol Oruvan" , Telugu movie "Eeenadu", with Kamal Hassan in the role played by Naseeruddin Shah in the original and Mohanlal and Daggubati Venkatesh playing the role acted by Anupam Kher in the original in Tamil and Telugu respectively and also Hollywood movie A Common Man (film). Directed by Chandran Rutnam with actor Ben Kingsley portraying the role played by Nasseruddin Shah and Ben Cross portraying the role played by Anupam Kher.
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Maryam (film) Maryam is a 2002 film about a young woman who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage crisis. The film was written and directed by Ramin Serry. Mariam Parris plays the young woman. The film also features Shaun Toub as her father, Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother, and David Ackert as her cousin, "Ali", who becomes an Islamic fundamentalist.
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Manushya Mrugam (1980 film) Manushya Mrugam is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars Jayan (double role), Jagathy Sreekumar, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Jose Prakash in lead roles. The film had musical score by KJ Joy. The movie collected well .
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Mizhiyorangalil Mizhiyorangalil is a 1987 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J Williams, starring Mohanlal and Seema in the lead roles.
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Aadipaapam Aadipaapam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film, directed by KP Kumaran and produced by PG Gopalakrishnan. The film stars Shubha and Sukumaran in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shyam.
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Ankur (film) Ankur (Hindi: अंकुर, Urdu: اَنکُر, translation: "The Seedling") is an Indian colour film of 1974. It was the first feature film directed by Shyam Benegal and the debut of Indian actors Ananth Nag and Shabana Azmi. Ananth Nag was introduced in Ankur by Shyam Benegal after his higher education in Mumbai. The film was shot in Hyderabad. Though Shabana Azmi had acted in other films as well, "Ankur" was her first release.Shabana Azmi interview </ref>
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Iravum Pagalum Iravum Pagalum (English: "Night and Day") is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Joseph Thaliath Jr. The film stars newcomers Jaishankar and C. Vasantha in the lead roles.
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1942: A Love Story 1942: A Love Story is a 1994 Indian Hindi patriotic romance film starring Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, and Pran. The film was the first ever to be given a U/A rating while featuring a scene, previously considered inappropriate for young children, showing the actors kissing. The film was highly acclaimed for its music, songs, picturization, cinematography, lyrics and the portrayal of its leading lady Manisha Koirala, a turning point for her career. The film was released some time after the death of the music director, Rahul Dev Burman. The film received nine Filmfare Awards. This is the first Indian film to use Dolby Stereo.
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Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare (English: "From One to Zero" ) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam language drama film written and directed by Reghunath Paleri in his directorial debut, and produced by Navodaya Appachan. The film features Mohanlal, Asha Jayaram, and Geethu Mohandas. Mohanlal's voice features throughout the film, but he appears only at the end of the film. Suresh Gopi and Mukesh makes cameo appearances. The film explores the loneliness of a widow and the need of a father figure for her daughter.
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Joe Malloori Joe Malloori is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Prabhu Solomon's "Kumki" (2012), he has appeared as the antagonist in other ventures.
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Villain (2017 film) Villain is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role, with Vishal, Manju Warrier, Raashi Khanna, Hansika Motwani and Srikanth appearing in prominent supporting roles. Manoj Paramahamsa was the cinematographer, film score was composed by Sushin Shyam.
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Meleparambil Aanveedu Meleparambil Aanveedu (Malayalam: മേലേപ്പറമ്പിൽ ആൺവീട്, English: "The All-Male House of Meleparambil") is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Rajasenan, and starring Jayaram and Shobana in the lead roles along with Narendra Prasad, Meena, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardanan, Vijayaraghavan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, and Vinu Chakravarthy in supporting roles. Its story was conceived by lyricist Gireesh Puthenchery and the screenplay was written by Raghunath Paleri. The film was produced by Mani C. Kappan in the banner of Okay Productions and distributed by Okay Release. It was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.
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David Newman (composer) David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning nearly forty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films.