Movie: Ardh Satya

Top 10 Billed Cast

Om Puri
Om Puri

Sub-inspector Anant Velankar

Smita Patil
स्मिता पाटिल

Jyotsna Gokhale

Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri

Faujdar Velankar

Shafi Inamdar
Shafi Inamdar

Inspector Hyder Ali

Achyut Potdar
Achyut Potdar

Inspector Patil

Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Rama Shetty

Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah

Mike Lobo

Ila Arun
Ila Arun

Neha Vajpayee

Suresh Bhagwat
Suresh Bhagwat

Complainant

Vijay Kashyap
Vijay Kashyap

Union Leader

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  • Overview

    A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

  • Release Date

    1983-08-19

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Genres

  • Languages:

    हिन्दी

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