Ardh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A. Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by Vasant Dev. In this acclaimed cop-drama, the protagonist, played by Om Puri, is a policeman struggling with the evils around him and with his own frailties. The film also stars Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and features a theme poem by the Marathi writer Dilip... Chitre. Ardh Satya won many awards and went on to become a landmark film in Indian film history. It is still considered to be one of the best cop films made in India. The film opens at a party where Anant Welankar , a police officer, meets Jyotsna Gokhale , a lecturer in literature at a local college. Anant is a sub-inspector with Bombay police. They seem to hit it off despite some initial skirmishing about ideology, and the friendship blossoms into a relationship. Anant brings diligence, enthusiasm and a definite idealism to his job.
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| Release date: | 1982 |
| Directed by: | Govind Nihalani |
| Runtime: | 130 Minutes |
| Producer: | Pradeep Uppoor, Manmohan Shetty |
| Editor: | Renu Saluja |
| Music by: | Ajit Verma |
| Cinematography: | Govind Nihalani |
| Screenplay by: | Vijay Tendulkar |