Ardh Satya

Ardh Satya Hindi Half Truth is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angstridden movie Aakrosh 1980. The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright this one was based on the short story, Surya, by S.D.Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by Vasant Dev.

The film opens at a party where Anant Welankar Om Puri, a police officer, meets Jyotsna Gokhale Smita Patil, a lecturer in literature at a local college. Anant is a subinspector 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. But the job is harsh. There is a deep nexus between the local mafia, the cops and the corrupt politicians. Honest himself, Anant falls among the lower rungs of the police hierarchy and has very limited scope of authority on the state of affairs in his area. ........

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