Pakistani movies have everything. Comedy, romance, drama, thrill, you name it, and their strongest trait? It’s how well entrenched they are with reality and prevailing issues of the country; from Khuda Kay Liye to Na Maloom Afraad, just take five seconds and think about how well all these movies were connected with our daily lives and issues.
Similarly, a topic that is fast gaining popularity among the local filmmakers is that of morning shows, their hosts, and their content. Nobody is blind to the popularity of morning shows that have undoubtedly crossed the skies. While Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai, previously and very recently, had Sajal Ali playing a wife and morning show host, and unleashed a lot about the planted shows and tactics used by the people involved to grab ratings, it’s upcoming Hina Dilpazeer and Naseeruddin Shah starer, Jeewan Hathi, that will once again put some light on the topic, in a comic tone this time.
The Zinda Bhaag duo of Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi are back with this latest offering of theirs, starring Samiya Mumtaz, Adnan Jaffar, Nimra Bucha among many other exciting names and apart from the two bigwigs mentioned earlier. Written by Faseeh Bari Khan of ‘Qudosi Saheb Ki Bewah’ and produced by Mazhar Zaidi, it has already become an awaited film of the year.
“It is dark comedy highlighting the corruption and malpractice in our media,” the writer said while commenting on the film.
The official trailer of the film is out and the movie is given the release date of November 4, 2016. The trailer showed Hina Dilpazir in the role of a morning show host. Talking in an interview Dilpazir said,“My character is called Natasha, who hosts a show. The film is premised on the particular chaotic life of TV anchors. It shows how they get involved in the rat race for ratings,”
Well, it appears that it’s just not the public that is distress with morning shows. Jeewan Haathi is ready to reveal the cacophonous reality and the topsy-turvy universe of Television in Pakistan. Is it just another comedy? Or the movie wants the audience to know what the morning shows hold? This question remains unanswered as the official trailer has already become a big thing and the people are anxiously waiting for this next big hit.
Are you excited to see Hina Dilpazir and Nasiruddeen Shah ropped up for this film? Because it sure is going to be a treat for Pakistanis!
The entire film has been shot in Karachi and is all set to hit theatres across Pakistan on November 4.
I’m glad that Pakistani films are reaching out their arms to reach other stories this is a risk but in reality this industry’s future depends on it. Pakistan is a bed of stories that need to be developed to direct the film goers past the Bollywood masala route to lift them to a higher viewing level then their Indian counterparts to awake the rest of the world to the soothing stories surrounded by the incredible beauty waiting to be discovered!