Jeewan Hathi (Urdu: جیون ہاتھی ‎, 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 and Mazhar Zaidi have produced the film.

Jeewan Hathi (2016) This riotously funny satire on Pakistan's media industry explores the dark underbelly of a reality show that has the nation enthralled as a channel owner who will do anything for higher ratings.

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In Jeewan Haathi, a perplexingly made long-form short film of about 60 minutes, that is also for some reason also a socio-comedy, we see mass-corruption of a string of characters.

Jeewan Hathi: An experiment gone wrong Saifi Hassan, Farjad Nabi, Meenu Gaur, Hina Dilpazeer, Samiya Mumtaz, Adnan Jaffar, Kiran Tabeer and Fawad Khanpose for the cameras at the film’s Karachi premiere. The black comedy, despite a stellar cast, lacks depth and...

Kiran Tabeer is an actress, known for Jeewan Hathi (2016), Kataksha (2019) and Sunehray Din (1991).

Speaking strictly in terms of film form, Jeewan Hathi is a classic example of when the sum of the parts does not equal its whole. Despite great individual performances by Hasan, Fawad Khan and even Kiran Tabeer, the film as a whole was a waste of time.

In Jeewan Hathi, Hina plays Natasha, an ageing anchor of a TV show. “My character is called Natasha, who hosts a show. The film is premised on the particular chaotic life of TV anchors.

Jeewan Hathi is the story of Natasha (Hina Dilpazir), an "overweight, overage" morning show host whose ratings are plummeting. Her former husband Tabani (Naseeruddin Shah), who's also the owner of the network, has her replaced, palming off her coveted time slot to a younger television show host, Simmy.