The story is set in the fictional village of Ramgarh, terrorized by the ruthless bandit Gabbar Singh. A retired, armless police officer, Thakur Baldev Singh, hires two small-time but resourceful criminals, Jai and Veeru, to capture Gabbar and his gang. As Jai and Veeru befriend the villagers and fall in love— Jai with Thakur’s widowed daughter-in-law, Radha, and Veeru with the feisty horse-cart driver, Basanti—their mission of revenge against Gabbar becomes a personal one. The film builds to an epic showdown, exploring themes of friendship, revenge, and the triumph of good over evil.

“Embers” was restored in 4K in 2025 by Film Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Sippy Films at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, from an interpositive, two colour reversal intermediates and a second generation interpositive from 1978 provided by Sippy Films and preserved by Film Heritage Foundation. Audio restored from the original sound negative and the magnetic soundtrack preserved by Film Heritage Foundation. The Director’s Cut has been reconstructed including the original ending and two deleted scenes with the original 70mm aspect ratio.