Jeewan Hathi

Jeewan Hathi
جیون ہاتھی
Directed by Meenu Gaur
Farjad Nabi
Produced by Shailja Kejriwal
Mazhar Zaidi
Written by Fasih Bari Khan
Story by Fasih Bari Khan
Starring Samiya Mumtaz
Hina Dilpazeer
Naseeruddin Shah
Saife Hassan
Music by Sahir Ali Bagga
Ali Aftab Saeed
Cinematography Rana Kamran
Edited by Armaghan Hasan
Production
company
Release dates
  • July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17) (LIFF)


  • November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04) (Pakistan)
Running time
60 minutes
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu

Jeewan Hathi (English: The Elephant in the Room) is a 2016 Pakistani dark comedy short film directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi and written by Fasih Bari Khan. Shailja Kejriwal aand 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.[1]

Cast

Production

Jeewan Hathi is produced under Matteela Films.[2] 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.[3]


Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film consist of two songs by Ali Aftab Saeed and Sahir Ali Bagga and lyrics by Hasan Mujtaba.[4]

Release

The film was first screened at London Indian Film Festival on 17 July 2016. It will be released across Pakistan on November 4, 2016.

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