Ardh Satya is a 1983 Hindi-language Crime Drama motion picture written by Vijay Tendulkar and Vasant Dev. The movie is directed by Govind Nihalani and produced by Manmohan Shetty and Pradeep Uppoor. After having watched his cop father abuse his mother and compel him to become a Sub-Inspector with Maharashtra Police, Anant Velankar, who had wanted to complete his MBA, re-locates to live in Bombay. It is here he meets and falls in love with a Lecturer, Jyotsna Gokhale. Proud of his profession and hoping to make a change, he soon realizes that the police are manipulated by politicians like Rama Shetty to do their bidding. Frustrated, he turns his anger on suspects held in cells and beats them mercilessly. His frustrations arise after he is sidelined for a medal while apprehending a dacoit, and being counseled by Jyotsna to resign from this job. Things only get worse after he is humiliated by Rama Shetty, who is now campaigning to be a Municipal Councillor, as well his superior, Inspector Patil. He takes to alcohol, gets suspended and with a Delhi-contact gets reinstated. Things only get worse after he brutally assaults another suspect resulting in death. It is this news that will further alienate him from Jyotsna, his parents, and compel him to k assistance from Rama Shetty. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Ardh satya stars Om Puri in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Shafi Inamdar, Naseeruddin Shah, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Achyut Potdar. The screenplay is written by Vijay Tendulkar which is inspired from Short story Surya by S. D. Panvalkar. The music was composed by Ajit Verman. Cinematography was done by Govind Nihalani and editing by Renu Saluja. The film has a running time of 130 minutes. It was released on 18th November 1983. The Film was successful at box office. Ardh Satya was made on a budget of ₹67 lakh and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹1 crore.