| Director | Karan Malhotra |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film |
| Runtime | 159 min |
| Country | India |
| Budget | ₹150 crore |
| Box office | ₹63.6 crore |
1896: Balli is a tribesman from the Khameran tribe, who aspires to become a policeman. He is asked to provide a test to a conniving Indian police officer named Shudh Singh. Shudh Singh asks him to beat a child to prove his worth, but Balli refuses and takes the child's place and bears the punishment. That night, Balli learns about his father Shamshera's past.
1871: Shamshera is a Khameran tribesman, who along with his people was oppressed by the people of Kaza because of caste and status discrimination. Due to this, Shamshera counterattacks and pillages the kingdom, which leads to Kaza creating a hatred against the Khamerans. The King and the wealthy men of the empire seek the help of the British to drive away the Khameran tribe from their village forest. The British accept the deal in exchange for 5000 gold coins.
The British attack the Khameran tribe, but Shamshera and the tribal people fight valiantly and the British flee. Shamshera receives a message that their tribe could live peacefully and have their respect if they promised to stop plundering Kaza and move to a fortress outside the city premises. Shamshera and his men arrive at the fortress where they realize that it is a trap led by Shudh Singh. They are captured and are tortured mercilessly. Shamshera is told by the British to provide 10,000 gold coins, in exchange for sparing the Khameran tribe.
Realizing that the deal would be difficult to achieve inside the fortress. Shamshera forms a plan to help the tribe escape from the fortress, but to no avail. Then he tells his wife about his plan to frame himself as a traitor and tells her to cook-up a story to save the tribe from getting killed. Shamshera tries to escape by climbing the wall of the fortress where the officer-in-charge spots Shamshera and shoots him, leaving Shamshera wounded and later getting hanged by Shudh Singh. Believing that Shamshera is a traitor, the tribe develops a hatred against him, thus leaving the truth to be buried.
1896: When Shamshera decided to move to the fortress, a few Khamerans decided to stay back. They are now residing in a town named Nagina, and have camouflaged their identities, doing all petty jobs in the town for a living and they were waiting for Shamshera, as he would come and help them regain their lost respect and dignity. Balli fakes his death and escapes from the fortress with the help of Shamshera's trusted ally Pir Baba. As advised by Pir Baba, and with the help of a local dancer named Sona, Balli starts looting the rich people of Kaza and refers himself as Shamshera. The British General is worried about the new Shamshera.
Shudh Singh invites the General for his wedding, where the General deduces that Shamshera would come to the wedding. Balli is able to steal the gold from Shudh Singh's wedding, but his youngest gang member is shot by the sadistic cop. With the information given by a gang member of Balli, Shudh Singh conducts a and confiscates all the gold that the gang had stolen. Sona, who is pregnant with Balli's child, is caught by Shudh Singh, and he attempts to kill her and Balli's child, but the General stops him.
Though heartbroken, Balli plans to steal the Queen's Crown, which is supposed to arrive at Kaza. Despite tight security, Balli steals the Queen's crown and puts a blot on the British General's reputation. Balli makes a deal with the General to free the Khamerans, in exchange for the Queen's Crown. The General agrees and Balli returns with the surviving members of his crew to the Kaza Fortress. Shudh Singh kills the British forces, and places the blame on Balli, and takes the credit for returning the crown to the queen, but forgets about placing the blame on Khamerans.
The Khamerans learn about Shamshera's sacrifice from Pir Baba, where they get enraged and breaks the fortress's gates to fight alongside Balli. They slaughter the police force. Balli fights Shudh Singh, and he hangs Shudh Singh in the same way, in which he hanged Shamshera. Balli leaves the Queen's Crown to the British General, due to him having saved Sona's life. The Khamerans ride alongside Balli, and are hopeful that they will be able to live a dignified life hereafter.