Goa, Oct. 8 -- Nana Patekar's powerful voice, intense expressions and unmistakable dialogue delivery made him one of Hindi cinema's most distinctive performers. Across a career spanning decades, the veteran actor delivered lines that could be angry, threatening, emotional, philosophical or outright hilarious.

Following the news of his death at 75 after a cardiac arrest at his residence in Dona Paula, Goa, memories of some of his most iconic performances have resurfaced. From hard-hitting roles in films such as Krantiveer and Yeshwant to his comic turn as Uday Shetty in Welcome, Patekar's dialogues became a major part of his screen legacy.

One of his most remembered lines came from Yeshwant (1997), where his character reflected on how so...