Mallah\'s

English translation: Mallah - a social group (traditional boatmen caste)

05:20 Feb 6, 2016
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Hindi term or phrase: Mallah\'s
Hello everyone,

The official script for the Indian movie Issaq is in English.
The movie itself is in English, that's why I'm asking my question in Hindi-English pair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyKKrX1OQGo

at 3.40

- Stop Press!
- Ms. Pratima, I've a front row view of the chaos created by the city's Sand Mafia.
- Legally, the Mallah's have a right to this sand. A war has erupted between the two sand-mafias.
Kashyap and Mishra, to assert their right on this sand worth 5000 million.
- The Mallah's are putting their life at stake for this sand.
- The ancestral enmity between Manohar Mishra and Vishwanarayan Kashyap is nothing new for our readers.
- The latest on it is that Kashyap's strongman Teeta Singh has laid siege on this river bank.
And on the other hand Mishra's men are turning back, disappointed…

Who are the Mallah's and why is it written with 's? If this is a family, shouldn't it be written as the Mallahs?

I looked through the whole script and "Mallah's" is mentioned only one more time: I took care of the 'Mallahs'.

Is the Mallah's another name for Kashyap or Mishra? Or are theythe thrird party to the conflict in addition to Kashyap or Mishra?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 13:55
English translation:Mallah - a social group (traditional boatmen caste)
Explanation:
The Mallah (or Nishad) are the traditional boatmen caste and ethnic group of North India, East India and Pakistan.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallaah)

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Lalit Sati
India
Local time: 16:25
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Boatman/ A caste community of Indian society belongs to boats and river sea related work
Harishankar Shahi
4 +1Mallah - a social group (traditional boatmen caste)
Lalit Sati


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Mallah\\\'s
Mallah - a social group (traditional boatmen caste)


Explanation:
The Mallah (or Nishad) are the traditional boatmen caste and ethnic group of North India, East India and Pakistan.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallaah)



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Lalit Sati
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Local time: 16:25
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Boatman/ A caste community of Indian society belongs to boats and river sea related work


Explanation:
Mallah- The term belongs to a indian community which closely associate with water related works from generations and they are river or sea dwellers. This is a community related term

Harishankar Shahi
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