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| '''Vasant Shankar Kanetkar''' (20 March 1922 – 31 January 2000) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] playwright and novelist from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].
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| He was born in the town of [[Rahimatpur]] in [[Satara District]], Maharashtra. His father, Shankar Keshav Kanetkar, was a poet who wrote poetry under the pen name ''Kavi Girish'' and was a founding member of a circle of poets named ''Ravikiran Mandal''. Vasant Kanetkar was educated in [[Pune]] and [[Sangli]]. After passing M.A. exam in 1948 from [[Sangli]], he joined as a lecturer in [[Nashik]] in 1950. He received wide admiration from the audience after his play 'Raigadala Jevha Jag Yete' (रायगडाला जेव्हा जाग येते).<ref>https://nashik.com/vasant-kanetkar/</ref> He kept the Marathi commercial theatre vibrant and live for more than two decades. Five of his plays received best play award of the year given by [[Maharashtra]] State Government. In 1966, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the Hindi movie Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, which was an adaptation of [[Ashroonchi Zhali Phule]]. Kanetkar received a [[Padma Shri]] award in 1992 for his literary accomplishments.
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| ==List of plays==
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| The following is a partial list of Kanetkar's plays:
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| * ''Devanche Manorajya'' (देवांचे मनोराज्य)
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| * ''Mala kahi Sangaychay!'' (मला काही सांगायचंय)
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| * ''Beiman'' (बेइमान)
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| * ''Vedyache Ghar Unhat'' (वेड्याचे घर ऊन्हात)
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| * ''Prema, Tujha Ranga Kasa?'' (प्रेमा, तुझा रंग कसा?)
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| * ''[[Ashroonchi Zhali Phule]]'' (अश्रूंची झाली फुले)
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| * ''Raigadala Jewha Jag Yete'' (रायगडाला जेंव्हा जाग येते)
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| * ''Himalayachi Sawali'' (हिमालयाची सावली)
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| * ''Wishawrukshachi Chhaya'' (विषवृक्षाची छाया)
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| * ''[[Lekure Udanda Jahali]]'' (लेकुरे उदंड जाहली)
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| * ''Premachya Gawa Jawe'' (प्रेमाच्या गावा जावे)
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| * ''Jithe Gawatas Bhale Phutatat''(जिथे गवतास भाले फुटतात)
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| * ''Suryachi Pille''(सूर्याची पिल्ले)
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| * ''Ithe Oshalala Mrutyu'' (इथे ओशाळला मृत्यु)
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| * ''Matsyagandha'' (मत्स्यगंधा)<ref>https://www.eventshigh.com/detail/pune/de23f9b6efef6596cfaff8154ec98c36-sangeet-matsyagandha-marathi-sangeet-natak</ref>
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| * ''Akhercha sawal'' (अखेरचा सवाल)
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| * ''Rang Umalatya Manache'' (रंग उमलत्या मनाचे )
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| * ''Kasturimrug'' (कस्तुरीमृग )
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| * ''Choo Mantar'' (छू मंतर!)
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| * ''Fakta Ekach Karan'' (फक्त एकच कारण )
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| * ''Garudzep'' (गरुडझेप) (कादंबरीकार रणजीत देसाई यांच्याबरोबर)
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| * ''Mira Madhura'' (मीरा मधुरा)
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| * ''Nal Damayanti'' (नल दमयंती)
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| * ''Mansala Dankha Maticha'' (माणसाला डंख मातीचा)
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| * ''Ek Roop-Anek Rang'' (एक रूप -अनेक रंग)
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| * ''Wadal Mansalataya'' (वादळ माणसाळतंय)
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| * ''Madanbadha'' (मदनबाधा)
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| * ''Sonchapha'' (सोनचाफा)
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| * ''Aakasmithi'' (आकाशमिठी)
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| * ''Sukha Pahata'' (सुख पाहता)
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| * ''Tuza Tu Wadhavi Raja'' (तुझा तू वाढवी राजा )
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| * ''Mala Kahi Sangayachaya '' (मला काही सांगायचय)
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| * ''Ithe Oshalala Mrityu'' (इथे ओशाळला मृत्यू)
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| * ''Gharat Phulala Parijat'' (घरात फुलला पारिजात)
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| * ''Goshta Janmantarichi'' (गोष्ट जन्मांतरीची)
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| * ''Gaath Aahe Mazyashi'' (गाठ आहे माझ्याशी)
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| * ''Kadhitari Kothetari'' (कधीतरी कोठेतरी)
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| * ''Pankhana Odh Pawalanchi'' (पंखांना ओढ पावलांची)
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| * ''Gaganbhedi'' (गगनभेदी)
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| One Act Plays
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| * '' Vyasancha Kayakalpa'' (व्यासांचा कायाकल्प)
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| * '' Gad Gela Pan Sinha Jaga Zala'' (गड गेला पण सिंह जागा झाला)
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| * '' Anandibai Anibani Puka Ratat'' (आनंंदीबाई आणीबाणी पुकारतात)
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| * '' Madrashine Kela Marathi'' (मद्राशीने केला मराठी भ्रतार)
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| * '' Zende-Patil Maqhavidyalayat'' (झेंडे पाटील महाविद्यालयात)
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| * '' Divyasamor Andher'' (दिव्यासमोर अंधार)
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| Kanetkar's plays covered a wide range of subject matters. His favorite subject matters were the life of warrior-king [[Shivaji]] from Maharashtra, the cultural reformation in late nineteenth-century Maharashtra, human relationships, and the decline of morality in post-independence India.
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| ==List of Novels==
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| Kanetkar wrote four novels.
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| * ''Ghar'' (घर)
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| * ''Pankha'' (पंख)
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| * ''Porka'' (पोरका)
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| * ''Tethe Chal Raani'' (तेथे चल राणी) (Translation of Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les Jeux Sont Faites")
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| ==Recognition==
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| In 1970, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the [[Hindi]] movie ''[[Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool]]'', the story having been an adaptation of his Marathi play ''Ashrunchi Jhali Phule''.
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| He presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in 1988.
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| Kanetkar received a [[Padma Shri]] award in 1992 for his literary accomplishments.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:1920 births]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
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| [[Category:Marathi people|Writers]]
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| [[Category:Marathi-language writers]]
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| [[Category:Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]]
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