The Two Tigers

The Two Tigers (original title: Le due tigri) is the fourth adventure novel in the Sandokan series written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1904.

Plot summary
India, 1857. Just when Tremal-Naik's life was getting back to normal, the Thugs of the Kali cult return to exact their revenge by kidnapping his daughter Darma. Summoned by Kammamuri, Sandokan and Yanez De Gomera immediately set sail for India to help their loyal friend. But the evil sect knows of their arrival and thwarts them at every turn. Have our heroes finally met their match? It's the Tiger of Malaysia versus the Tiger of India in a fight to the death!

Film versions
In 1941 Italian director Giorgio Simonelli adapted the book into the film titled Le Due Tigri (The Two Tigers), starring Luigi Pavese as Sandokan, Massimo Girotti as Tremal-Naik, and Sandro Ruffini as Yanez.

Trivia

 * The action takes place against the backdrop of the Great Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
 * Many of the events described in the novel actually occurred..