Ardh Satya

In this movie,a police-man killed illegaly an innocent person.Still said goon and criminal police-man had been showen as the hero of this movie.What is this.This is nothing but a shameful act of Director Gobind Nihalni.A person like Gobind Nihalni shoud not... Full review

An absolute classic !! The direction is flawless , the acting is just superb. Words fall short for this great work. The most definitive movie on Mumbai Police. This movie has stood the test of times. Om Puri gives a stellar... Full review

After 'Aakrosh' , this was the second film for Govind Nihalani as a director.Till this movie was made there was no audience for documentaries in India.This movie proved a point that a documentary can fulfil the requirements of a commercial film... Full review

"Ardh Satya" is one of the finest film ever made in Indian Cinema. Directed by the great director Govind Nihalani, this one is the most successful Hard Hitting Parallel Cinema which also turned out to be a Commercial Success. Even today,... Full review

The performance by Om Puri, Smita Patil, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar and the whole chemistry comes off nicely, along with the minimalist approach to story telling and direction by Govind Nihlani. The dialogues by Vijay Tendulkar is also great. I have not... Full review

Any story comprises a premise, characters and conflict. Characters plotting their own play promises triumph, and a militant character readily lends oneself to this. Ardh Satya's premise is summarized by the poem of the same name scripted by Dilip Chitre. The... Full review

Govind Nihalani's directorial venture of Vijay Tendulkar's novel is brilliant. Om Puri plays an inspector Velankar who is forced to protect underworld don rama shetty, played brilliantly by sadahiv amrapurkar. This is Govind Nihlan's Most talked about movie. This is a... Full review

In fact, the whole movie revolves around the incredible acting by Om Puri and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. This having said, he attempts to be honest, even though his superiors are shown to be well-oiled into the system, with both Shafi Inamdar and Achyut Potdar who have made their peace with the criminality of the system, and are now benefiting from it. ... Full Review

It shared the Golden Peacock for best film at the International Film Festival of India held in New Delhi in 1981. ... Full Review

The well known Tamil theatre group Pareeksha introduced Tendulkar to Tamil theatre by staging his 'Kamala' in 1984.� Other Tamil groups staged his play 'Silence Court Is in Session." ... Full Article

Tendulkar found solace, and even escape, in his works, as he writes, "There was no thought of tomorrow.Everyday began and ended with work." And he provided that solace to other creative souls around as writers, directors, playwrights, theatre directors...... ... Full Article

September 1st, 2006 'Invisible - The Art of Renu Saluja' was released recently by Naseeruddin Shah, Tom Alter and film critic Maithili Rao.Renu Saluja was one of India's most noted film-editors. ... Full Article

I t was as an angry, not so young, cop in the Govind Nihalani epic Ardh Satya that Om Puri captured the national imagination. Many films, many frustrations later, the actor balances his personal books. ... Full Article

Now after 23 years, South director R.M.P.Shetty, who has to his name several Telugu hits will be making a sequel to Ardh Sathya , which will be called Sampoorna Satya , which will yet again have Om Puri in the... ... Full Article

Renu Saluja was undoubtedly one of the best film editors Indian Cinema has ever seen.Ironically when Renu applied to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII), Editing was only her second choice. ... Full Article