Due to this, Shamshera counterattacks and pillages the kingdom, which leads to Kaza, creating a fearful reputation against the Khamerans.

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.

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, and are captured where they are tortured mercilessly.

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.

Balli is able to steal the gold from Shudh Singh's wedding, but his youngest gang member is shot by the sadistic cop.

Despite tight security, Balli steals the Queen's crown and puts a blot on the British General's reputation.

The Khamerans learn about Shamshera's sacrifice from Pir Baba, where they get enraged and breaks the fortress's gates to fight alongside Balli.

The film digitally streamed on Amazon Prime Video from 19 August 2022 in Hindi and dubbed versions of Tamil and Telugu languages.

The Delhi High Court allowed its release online in the interim to enable Yash Raj Films to fulfill its prior contractual obligations.

[34] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Ranbir is gorgeous in every imaginable way in Shamshera in terms of his acting, sex appeal, dancing, litheness in the action scenes and magnetic personality.

"[36] Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Karan Malhotra's Shamshera starring Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt is in line with the ongoing trend of workable films, and has the right amount of drama, action, romance, humour and all other masala potboiler elements to entertain the audience.

"[39] Rachana Dubey of The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "To sum it up, director and co-writer Karan Malhotra surely seemed to have had a grand vision at the onset, but it's his execution that seems to have betrayed him.

"[41] Shalini Langer of The Indian Express rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Ranbir Kapoor is efficiently good as Shamshera, a leader of a tribe first treated as outcastes and later betrayed and kept enslaved in a fort.

"[43] Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama.

"[45][non-primary source needed] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Moral of the story for Ranbir Kapoor - the actor should henceforth read his scripts with a more critical eye before buying into them.