
Gangaajal(2003)
An honest Superintendent of Police, IPS Amit Kumar, is assigned to a crime infested town to reduce its crime rates. There, he soon learns that cleaning up the town also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.



Om Puri
Sub-inspector Anant Velankar

Smita Patil
Jyotsna Gokhale

Amrish Puri
Faujdar Velankar

Shafi Inamdar
Inspector Hyder Ali

Achyut Potdar
Inspector Patil

Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Rama Shetty

Naseeruddin Shah
Mike Lobo

Ila Arun
Neha Vajpayee

Suresh Bhagwat
Complainant

Vijay Kashyap
Union Leader
Ardh Satya is a drama, crime film released in 1983. Directed by Govind Nihalani, it stars Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri. A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
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