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Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), leader of an imprisoned tribe, failed to escape for their freedom. Years later his son Balli realizes his father's legacy.

The Khameran were a warrior tribe who were deceitfully imprisoned and enslaved in the fort of Kaza by Shuddh Singh (Sanjay Dutt). Their leader Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), tried to escape the fort to earn the price of his tribe's freedom but in vain. 25 years later, his son Balli begins a journey to fulfill his father's legacy and come to be the next Shamshera battling to win the freedom of his tribe.—Official Source

1871: Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor) is a Khameran tribesman, who along with his people was oppressed by the people of Kaza because of caste and status discrimination. In the distant past, Rajputana was attacked by the Mughals. The Khamerans fought alongside the Rajputanas to save their land, but they lost the war to the Mughals and forcing the Khamerans to relocate to Kaza. Due to this, Shamshera counterattacks and pillages the kingdom, which leads to Kaza, creating a fearful reputation against the Khamerans. Pir Baba (Ronit Roy) is Shamshera's trusted ally. The kings 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 Britishers attack the Khameran tribe, but Shamshera and the tribal people fight valiantly and the Britishers flee. Shamshera receives a message that their tribe could live peacefully and regain their lost respect if they promised to stop plundering Kaza and move to a fortress outside the city premises. Shamshera and his men arrive at the forest where they realize that it is a trap led by Shudh Singh (Sanjay Dutt). The Khamerans are trapped inside the fort with no escape. they and are captured where they 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. He finds a secret passage inside the fort that meets the river flowing just outside the fort. He tells his wife (Iravati Harshe) about his plan to frame himself as a traitor and also 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 officers-in-charge spots Shamshera and shoots him, leaving Shamshera wounded and later getting hanged by Shudh Singh. As agreed, Shamshera's wife declares him to be a traitor to the cause of freedom and says that he tried to escape for his own selfish reasons. Believing the Shamshera is a traitor, The tribe develops a hatred against him, thus leaving the truth to be buried.

1891: Balli (Ranbir Kapoor) is a tribesman from the Khameran tribe, who aspires to become a cop. Upreti (Mahesh Balraj) is a constable in the police, close to Shudh Singh. Upreti introduces Balli to Shudh and Balli completes the training course to impress Shudh. Shudh toys with Balli and gets him to wipe his shoes with a cloth. Shudh Singh asks him to beat a child to prove his worth, and Balli refuses and takes the child's place and bears the punishment. That night, Balli learns about his father Shamshera's past. After learning the truth, Balli fakes his death and escapes from the fortress (The same way that his dad wanted to escape. He finds the secret tunnel underneath a step-well, that leads him to the entrance of the river) with the help of Shamshera's trusted ally Pir Baba. When Shamshera decided to move to the fortress, a few Khamerans decided to stay back, where they are now residing in a town named Nagina (Led by their leader Doodh Singh (Saurabh Shukla), and had camouflaged their identities, doing all petty jobs (like manual scavenging) 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's plan is to gather the 10,000 gold coins and pay the British to free the Khamerans. His friends in the campaign are Bhura (Prakhar Saxena), Pitamber (Rudra Soni), Dada (Nagesh Salvan), Chooha (Saurabh Kumar) & Gulfi (Vijay Kaushik).

As advised by Pir Baba, and with the help of a local dancer named Sona (Vaani Kapoor), Balli starts looting the rich people of Kaza and refers himself as Shamshera. The British General Freddy Young (Craig McGinlay) is worried about the new Shamshera. Shudh Singh soon figures out that the robber strikes only where Sona performs. He knows Sona is in cahoots with the robber. Shudh Singh captures Sona and uses her as bait to trap the robber. Balli attacks with his allies and manages to rescue Sona. He reveals himself to be Shamshera, to rally mass support for his movement. Balli knows the General is hunting for him. He disguises himself and agrees to wrestle the General, when he agrees to take part in a local competition (when no other fighter would stand up against him). Balli beats that General in a brutal fight and identifies himself as Shamshera. General Freddy looks up the history of Khamerans and finds that Shamshera singed a treaty of freedom and ended up as slaves. Shudh Singh invites the General for his wedding, where the General deduce that Shamshera would come to the wedding (As there will be enough gold at the wedding for Shamshera to fulfill his objective of 10,000 gold coins). Balli is able to steal the gold from Shudh Singh's wedding, but his youngest gang member Pitamber is shot by Shudh Singh and the entire stolen gold from the wedding gets dropped from their horses..

with their dream in tatters, the Khamerans decide to disband for now and meet again on Diwali. They take up menial jobs all over the surrounding region. One of the merchants employing the new laborers, informs the British General and Shudh Singh about the possibility of a Khameran working for him. As the police pursue them, many are killed. With the information given by a gang member of Balli, Shudh Singh conducts a crackdown and confiscates all the gold that the gang had stolen until now, where Sona (who is pregnant with Balli's child) is caught by Shudh Singh, where he attempts to kill her and Balli's child, but the General stops him (The General is sympathetic to the Khameran cause). 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 (who survived), 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.