First Quote Added
April 10, 2026
Latest Quote Added
"A musical extravaganza staged in the clouds!"
"Romance that soars on the wings of song"
"Romance that soars to the skies on the wings of song!"
"Musical romance staged in the clouds..."
"Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!"
"Dolores del RÃo as Belinha De Rezende"
"Gene Raymond as Roger Bond"
"Raul Roulien as Julio Ribeiro"
"Ginger Rogers as Honey Hale"
"Fred Astaire as Fred Ayres"
"Blanche Friderici as Doña Elena"
"Walter Walker as Belinha's father"
"Etta Moten as The Carioca Singer"
"Roy D'Arcy as Member Greek Gambling Syndicate"
"Maurice Black as Member Greek Gambling Syndicate"
"Armand Kaliz as Member Greek Gambling Syndicate"
"Paul Porcasi as The Mayor"
"Reginald Barlow as Alfredo Vianna (the banker)"
"Eric Blore as Mr. Butterbass, Assistant Hotel Manager"
"Franklin Pangborn as Hammerstein, Hotel Manager"
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.