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"[opening narration] On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets. I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound I was afraid I'd never hear: The ringing bells of Santa's sleigh."
"[closing narration] At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell. But as years passed, it felt silent for all of them. Even Sarah found, one Christmas, that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me; as it does for all who truly believe."
"GET US THE BLAZES OUT OF HERE!"
"One thing about trains: it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding... to get on. [winks at Hero Boy]"
"[from trailer] A film by Robert Zemeckis"
"[from trailer] Starring Tom Hanks"
"[from trailer] This Holiday Season... Believe"
"[from trailer] What if everything you ever imagined"
"Journey Beyond Your Imagination"
"Don't miss the holiday film of the season"
"Tom Hanks - Father/Conductor/Hobo/Santa Claus/Adult Hero Boy (narrator at off-screen)/Scrooge Marionette"
"Daryl Sabara - Hero Boy (child voice)"
"Nona Gaye — Hero Girl"
"Peter Scolari - Billy the Lonely Boy (motion-capture)"
"Eddie Deezen - Know-it-all"
"Michael Jeter — Smokey (Fireman)/Steamer (Engineer)"
"Leslie Zemeckis - Sister Sarah (motion-capture) and Hero Boy's mother"
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.