The head of the Khameran clan, located in northern India, Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the independence of his people. Following the cliché of the "son fulfilling father's unfulfilled goals" storyline, 25 years later (in the early 1800s), Balli wins his freedom by stealing expensive items, a lesson he instils in the young members of his tribe.

Balli consistently refuses to join the Khameran clan (as Ranbir should have done in the movie), but he keeps returning to "his people" for some reason. He continues to pursue dancer Sona (Vaani Kapoor), pleading with her to wed him since one day he'll be a king. His desire to join the british army is put to the test when he encounters Shuddh Singh (Sanjay Dutt), who also killed his father. Rest assured that you are all intelligent enough to understand how a legend always emerges to save his community and what happens thereafter.

It's not sanjay dutt who is the real villain in this movie, according to the screenplay of Neelesh Misra and Khila Bisht. Misra, a lyricist of exceptional talent, and his college companion Bisht fall victim to the saying "too much to say, too little to express." There is a glaring absence of a concept of where this plot should go. If you're going to claim that it's a father-son movie, why not at least spend some time developing an emotional bond between the audience and them? Or, if you're trying to tell the tale of a rebel who takes on the power of the british government, at least make the rebel's motivation plain so that it's either too heroic or too relatable for the audience to connect.

It takes a lot of guts for ranbir kapoor to take on a dacoit-drama as his first mainstream masala potboiler, but I can kind of understand why he hasn't done one before. His "strict" demeanour and distinctive voice tone do nothing to increase the curiosity surrounding his character. He occasionally delivers lines of conversation that sound like jordan from Rockstar. Due to his extensive body of work in this genre, sanjay dutt stands out as a better actor to fit the milieu of Shamshera.

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