Kotwal Saab (Police Officer) is a 1977 Bollywood drama action film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

[1] An Amiya Arts production, it was produced by Pawan Kumar and had story by Bimal Dutt, with dialogue by Rahi Masoom Reza.

[3] The main stars were Shatrughan Sinha and Aparna Sen with a supporting cast consisting of Utpal Dutt, Asrani, David, Raza Murad, Sudhir and Ritu Kamal.

[4] Shatrughan Sinha's successful debut film in a lead role with director Subhash Ghai's Kalicharan (1976), had made him popular with the audiences.

In Kotwal Saab Sinha plays a morally upright strict police-officer who is out to catch the corrupt politician who is also a smuggler and don.

The Commissioner informs him that Dharam Kohli (Utpal Dutt), who is standing as an MLA in the upcoming elections, is also involved with smuggling activities.

Bharat now takes charge as Inspector, keeping his real identity a secret, he is then informed by sources about Mahesh (Sudhir), one of the Kohli's (also referred to as Don) henchman.

Mahesh goes to Prabha's room at night and tries to get her to take a letter to his mother which will be collected by Kohli's men.

The crew consisted of:[2] While directing Kotwal Saab Mukherjee had already faced failure at the box-office with Alaap (1977), which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha.

Mukherjee's health had started deteriorating and he was unable to give his full attention to the film making process.

[8] Aparna Sen, a Bengali film actress, had acted in two Hindi films earlier, Vishwas (1969) directed by Kewal P. Kashyap co-starring Jeetendra, and Imaan Dharam (1977) opposite Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, directed by Desh Mukherji.