High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ardh Satya (English: Half Truth) is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh (1980). The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, `Surya`, by D.A. Panvalkar, and featured dialogues by Vasant Dev.