Ardh Satya
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Synopsis
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
Cast
Om Puri
Smita Patil
Amrish Puri
Shafi Inamdar
Achyut Potdar
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Naseeruddin Shah
Prabhakar Patankar
Rafique Mukadam
Madhuri Purandare
Ardh Satya
1983 Hindi Movie
Drama Crime
Raunaq Mangottil
It's unbelievable how there was a time in the history of Hindi Cinema where
such deeply impacting films were made: no songs, no distractions, no treating female characters as mere sex objects for the 'hero'...just focused, realistic socio-political dramas driven by stellar writing & performances
Fans of Vetrimaaran's POV of the police & our system should 100% check out where it all began
A cop stuck between his ideals & the whirlpool of a not-so-ideal system: a hard-hitting gem from Hindi cinema's golden period starring a FANTASTIC
Om Puri & Smita Patil, another treasure of the industry lost too soon
30 Apr’23 04:57
Rudrangshu Samanta
One of the best of all time
Madhav Joshi
A very highly respected film.
Om Puri is terrific as a genuine police officer. Its all about the tussle he faces being a sincere police. Tussle from both his inner self and outer
MAN OF CINEMA
This might be the first hindi film which has showed the side of police
brutality, corruption within the police system, and sense of incompetency. A police officer who recently
Jinesh Muralidharan
Coming at a time when talking against police was considered to be taboo and how
cinemas generally glorified uniformed officers to the sky , this movie talks bout the rotten system
Humans Of Cinema
Ardh Satya is one of the most influential films of my life.
Watching the film was truly an event for me, it made me feel like a new person after completing it. And that feeling