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Yes, you read it right. Poor Gabbar Singh unnecessary got defamed for just wanting ‘Mutti bhar anaj’ from the villagers as protection money. But if Gabbar wasn’t the real villain, then who was the real villain? It was none other than Jaidev. Jaidev who? Oh damn, Jaidev aka Jai who so innocently asked Basanti, “tumhara naam kya hai Basanti?” Talk about being extra smart and vile.

Talking about Basanti, what right did Jai had to destroy her property? I mean look at him pulling out cotton from the seat of Basanti’s horse cart and stuffing it in his ears. I mean, that fellow had no respect for other’s property.

Jai even butts in regularly between the conversation she would have with Veeru time again and again. Even does a bit of show off to downgrade his friend Veeru by shooting at the raw mango despite Veeru trying to win Basanti over with his cheesy lines and teaching her to shoot. And when poor Veeru donning the role of a god and trying to impress on Basanti that Veeru is good for her, Jai had the gall to expose him in front of Basanti. Agar aise dost ho toh dushmano ki zarurat nahin.

To add to his pompous and lecherous ways, do you remember the first time Jai sets his eyes on poor Radha when he lands up at Thakur’s house? What do you call such a person if not cheap and sadak-chaap as he ogles at her?

So rightly, the real villain in the movie wasn’t Gabbar Singh but Jai. Foremost, for his own selfishness, he often used a double headed coin to cheat his best friend a number of times. The fact that Thakur brought him and Veeru to his village to avenge his family’s death didn’t matter to Jai as much as ogling at Thakur’s widowed daughter-in-law and playing his mouth organ time and again.

Jai was hell-bent on proving that the saying, ‘Jis thali mein khate hai us thali mein ched nahin karte’ was bullshit by eying the young widow whenever the situation permitted.

Coming back to his best friend Veeru, Jai almost ensured that Veeru and Basanti never get to marry each other by purposely speaking ill about his best friend to poor old Mausi, Basanti’s aunt.

Veeru had rightfully called out on Jai’s face about his vile ways and that Jai was not happy for him. And when Veeru had climbed the water tank to commit suicide because of his love life, Jai didn’t even bother to pacify or try and save Veeru even after being rebuked by Basanti.

After the song Mehbooba, he allowed Gabbar to escape. He no doubt had an inkling that if he killed Gabbar, then he and Veeru will have no option but to leave Ramgarh since their mission would be over. And that meant leaving his lady love Radha behind.

And when Jai goes to rescue Veeru and Basanti, why didn’t he kill Gabbar Singh in the first place when he had the opportunity rather than escaping from Gabbar’s den with Veeru and Basanti. Well, he ultimately paid a heavy price for it in the end but that’s another story altogether.

And the final cheating with the coin to dispatch Veeru and Basanti back home for reinforcement. But in reality, Jai may have wanted to finish off Gabbar on his own and claim the reward money all to himself so that he could settle down with his beloved Radha in the village. After all, that was his game plan in the long run.

Coming back to where the story began, if only Jai had NOTused the coin on the train to toss and decide whether to save Thakur or not, things would have been entirely different for him and Veeru. And Gabbar would have led a peaceful life with contributions of ‘mutti bhar anaj’ by the villagers.

And finally leaving Radha dreaming again for another knight-in-shining armour to come for her…

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