- Prince Tariel is in the quest for his captured love, Nestan, but he fails. All attempts are in vain. He retires to a cave to live in the wilderness. Since then, he dresses in tiger skin, a reminder of his love. Help comes unexpectedly.
- Tariel, son of King Saridan, has the seventh kingdom of India. He had served as heir to King Pharsadan, king of the other six kingdoms, when he is fell in love with Pharsadan's daughter, Nestan. Tariel wages war with the Khatavians to earn the favor of Nestan, but is dismayed to learn that she has already been promised to the Khwarezmian prince. Tariel could not bear the idea of her marriage, and at Nestan's request, he killed the suitor. The King is wroth and swears that his sister, Davar, the guardian of Nestan will die in retribution. Davar beats Nestan and has her spirited away by two supernatural slaves. The princess was placed on a boat and set adrift on the seas. Davar commits suicide. Asmat flees to Tariel, and the two of them flee India by ship, in search of Nestan. Despite Tariel's lengthy search for his love, he could not find her. Later he met Phridon, ruler of Mulgazanzar, who told him that Nestan was alive but trapped on a distant boat. Tariel retired to a cave to live in the wilderness with Asmat, the former servant and messenger of Nestan. Since that he dresses tiger's skin, which reminds him on Nestan. The King of Arabia, Rostevan, has no sons and confers the kingship on his only daughter, the beautiful and wise Tinatin. She has a tender affection for Avtandil, the knight and commander-in-chief of Rostevan's armies. One day, Avtandil challenges King Rostevan to a hunting competition. After shooting the game they encounter a knight crying by a river. He is dressed in a tiger's skin and fights the soldiers sent by the king to contact him, then disappears. Rostevan sends parties across the world to search for the mysterious knight but becomes disheartened when he fails. Tinatin asks Avtandil to find the strange knight promising him her hand in marriage in return. After two years of searching, Avtandil finds the knight in the tiger's skin hiding in a cave, with only a maiden for company. Tariel reveals his identity to Avtandil. Moved by this story, Avtandil promises his friendship and brotherhood to Tariel, and agrees to help him find his love, Nestan. Avtandil returns home to Arabia and tells Tinatin the story of Tariel. Against King Rostevan's wishes, he returns to his new friend. Avtandil then leaves Tariel to go to the kingdom of Phridon, where he does not hear anything new about Nestan. Continuing his quest, he arrives in the city of Gulansharo. He meets Patman, the wife of the chief Usen, who falls in love with him. Avtandil, sensing she knows the fate of Nestan, succumbs to Patman's seduction. She tells him she has been keeping Nestan at her place and, as Nestan was taken to the king's harem, she helped her escape, but in her flight, Nestan was abducted by Kaji the demon king. Avtandil then returns to Phridon and to the cave of Tariel and later all three friends decide to go to the country of Kaji with an army of three hundred men to find and free Nestan.
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By what name was The Knight in Tiger's Skin (2022) officially released in Canada in English?
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