Ardh Satya

Ardh Satya (lit. 'Half truth') is a 1983 action drama film directed by Govind Nihalani from a screenplay by Vijay Tendulkar. The film was based on the short story, Surya by S. D. Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by Vasant Dev. In this acclaimed cop-drama, Anant Velankar, 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, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and features a theme poem by the Marathi writer Dilip Chitre. The title of the film comes from a poem written by Chitre.