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Geo Sar Utha Kay

2017 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ24034645 ↗
Source-derived summary

Geo Sar Utha Kay (Urdu: جیو سر اُٹھا کے) is a 2017 Pakistani action-drama film directed and produced by Nadeem Cheema under his production banner Cheema Films.

The film was written by Nasir Mehmood. Veteran actors Babar Ali, Shafqat Cheema, Nayyer Ejaz and Rashid Mehmood were cast in prominent roles. The film is based around actual events, involving the Chottu Gang of outlaws, of the 'Kacha' riverain area of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Plot

The film is based around actual events involving the Chottu Gang of outlaws based in the 'Kacha' area of Rajanpur District in Southern Punjab. The gang has brought terror to the land and the people living there. A police team has been sent to put a stop to the gang's crimes. It would be a bloody struggle for the police.

Cast

Babar Ali as Rohail

Shafqat Cheema as 'Kallu'

Nayyar Ejaz as 'Chaudhary'

Sheharyar Cheema as Sherry

Maahi Shahi as Preeto

Umar Cheema as Sameer

Naeem Khan as AD

Areeba Khan as Fiza

Ahmad Cheema as Husnain

Rashid Mehmood as Rulya

Arshad Cheema as Chota Chaudary

Mahnoor as Daku Rani

Music

Music by Sanvel Khan.

Production

The entire film was shot in Pakistan in Lahore, Murree, Bahawalpur, Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan.

Editorial summary

“Geo Sar Utha Kay” enters the record as 2017 film. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Utha and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2017-08-11. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Utha and film.
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“Geo Sar Utha Kay” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Utha and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24034645. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Geo Sar Utha Kay” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.