Jeewan Hathi

Jeewan Hathi (Urdu: جیون ہاتھی, English: The Elephant in the Room) is a 2016 Pakistani dark comedy film directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi and written by Fasih Bari Khan. Shailja Kejriwal and Mazhar Zaidi have produced the film. The Film has Samiya Mumtaz, Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin Shah, Saife Hassan and Adnan Jaffar as lead cast in the film.[2]

Jeewan Hathi
جیون ہاتھی
Directed byMeenu Gaur
Farjad Nabi
Written byFasih Bari Khan
Story byFasih Bari Khan
Produced byShailja Kejriwal
Mazhar Zaidi
StarringSamiya Mumtaz
Hina Dilpazeer
Naseeruddin Shah
Saife Hassan
CinematographyRana Kamran
Edited byArmaghan Hasan
Music bySahir Ali Bagga
Ali Aftab Saeed
Production
company
Matteela Films
Distributed byzee5
Release dates
  • 17 July 2016 (2016-07-17) (LIFF)
  • 4 November 2016 (2016-11-04) (Pakistan)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu
Box officeRs. 6.50 crore (US$230,000)[1]

Plot

Cast

Production

Jeewan Hathi is produced under Matteela Films.[3] The film is directed by the duo of Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi who previously directed Zinda Bhaag (2013). The film is written by Fasih Bari Khan, produced by Shailja Kejriwal and co-produced by Vikas Sharma. The cast of the film includes Samiya Mumtaz, Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin Shah, Saife Hassan, Fawad Khan, Adnan Jaffar, Nazarul Hassan and Kiran Tabeer. Hina Dilpazeer told in an interview that she will play the role of a morning show host at television channel of her husband Naseeruddin Shah. Dilpazeer said, "I’m playing a role of morning show host and my husband (Naseerudin Shah) owns the TV channel where I work," She also told that the film was shot in Karachi and Naseeruddin Shah especially came to Karachi for the shooting.[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film consist of two songs by Ali Aftab Saeed and Sahir Ali Bagga and lyrics by Hasan Mujtaba.[5]

Release

The film was first screened at London Indian Film Festival on 17 July 2016 and subsequently at the Locarno International Film Festival on 11 August 2017.[6] It will be released across Pakistan on 4 November 2016.

References
  1. "Home". Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Jeevan Hathi to release across Pakistan on 4th November". 24 September 2016.
  3. Buraq Shabbir. "A Common Vision". The News International. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. Irfan ul Haq (10 February 2016). "Wowzer: Meenu & Farjad's short film stars Hina Dilpazeer and Naseeruddin Shah". DAWN Images. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. Rozina Bhutto; Ahmed Sarym (1 January 2019). "Meenu and Farjad's 'Jeevan Haathi' is also part of Zee's unity project". HIP. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. "Jeewan Hathi". Locarno. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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