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Ardh Satya

1983 · 2 h 10 min
Directed by Govind Nihalani
CrimeDrama

Cast

Om Puri Smita Patil Naseeruddin Shah Amrish Puri

Credits

Written by: Dilip Chitre

Plot

Based on a story by S. D. Panwalkar. It won the National Award for best Hindi feature.

Sinekatalog’s take

Govind Nihalani's police drama follows an idealistic young inspector crushed by corrupt superiors and his own anger. Om Puri is superb in a hard-hitting, gripping and influential landmark of Indian parallel cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.1 / 10 (2,489 votes)
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