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"I have a Brazilian nationality, thus I already had a visa to visit France whenever I wanted to. I used to go to France once every three or four months. I did not insult Moroccan people, I insulted those who didnât want to leave me alone, who didnât see and understood the concept of the movie and believe in whatever the yellow journalism says about me [âŚ] In fact donât consider âschizophrenicâ an insult as much as I consider it a fact."
"For over two years, I've been suffering from being labeled a 'whore.' I only played the part of a whore [in the film 'Much Loved'] and did it well. That's it. I am not really a whore. Generally speaking, the Moroccan media confuses my role in a film with reality. They have forgotten that I was an actress before that movie, and that I have played other roles on TV, in cinema, and in theater. But the word 'whore'... To this day, in Morocco, when one person wants to curse another, he calls him 'Abidar."
"Because I am a courageous woman, and the film's script was very powerful. It presented the truth, and we, Arab and Muslims in general, are afraid of the truth about us. We refuse to look at ourselves in the mirror."
"Nabil Ayouch has ruined my life and compromised my future; he didnât keep his promises."
"When I went to France, I had a residence permit for skills and talents, and since I received a certificate while waiting for the passport and therefore the French nationality."
"Adel Imam traces a âfine line between anger and sarcasmâ and is an âactor who believes in life, in freedom, in challenges and thereby brings us a sense of optimism even in the darkest moments.â"
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.