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"I just can't get it clear in my head, Jess. He was so full of living, you know? He ran a franchise on it. Now there's nothing. And here I am trying to put sense to it, when I know there isn't any."
"Hey fella, stop! What a turkey. Hey fella, you're a turkey, y'know that?"
"Jimmy the Goose, larger than life and twice as ugly!"
"[to the MFP officers after Johnny the Boy was released from the Halls of Justice] So long as the paperwork's clean, you boys can do what you like out there."
"The Nightrider, that is his name, the Nightrider (...) Remember him when you look at the night sky."
"[to Johnny] It's alright you'll get your chance. But, remember... to keep your sweet, sweet mouth shut."
"[to Johnny, ordering him to throw a match into Jim the Goose's wrecked car] You scum sucking trash, throw it!"
"[to Jessie, as the gang holds her son hostage] Well, well, well, it's our little mother. That there is Cundalini, and Cundalini wants his hand back. (...) Tell you what, I'll swap you."
"[after Bubba runs over Max's arm] Quit toying Bubba!"
"[to Toecutter, when fighting with Max on the road] Easy. I know what I'm doing."
"The Toecutter - he knows who I am. I am the Nightrider! I am the chosen one. The mighty hand of vengeance, sent down to strike the unroadworthy! I'm hotter than a rollin' dice. Step right up, chum, and watch the kid lay down a rubber road, right to FREEDOM!"
"He rules the roads."
"They murdered his family...... Now he's going to run them over!"
"When the gangs take over the highways... pray he's out there somewhere!"
"A 400H.P. movie that runs on adrenalin, high octane and raw nerves!"
"In this hideous no-man's land - be thankful for Mad Max"
"The Maximum Force of the Future"
"The last law in a world gone out of control. Pray that he's out there somewhere."
"When the gangs take over the highway... ...Remember he's on your side."
"The Film That Started It All"
"Mel Gibson - Max Rockatansky"
"Joanne Samuel - Jessie Rockatansky"
"Hugh Keays-Byrne - the Toecutter"
"Steve Bisley - Jim "Goose" Rains"
"Tim Burns - Johnny the Boy"
"Roger Ward - Fred "Fifi" Macaffee"
"Geoff Parry - Bubba Zanetti"
"Jonathan Hardy - Police Commissioner Labatouche"
"Brendan Heath - Sprog Rockatansky"
"Sheila Florence - May Swaisey"
"John Ley - Charlie"
"Steve Millichamp - Roop"
"Vincent Gil - Crawford "The Nightrider" Montazano"
"Lulu Pinkus - Nightrider's Girl"
"Karen Moregold - Radio Dispatcher"
"Reg Evans - Station Master"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.