Background
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.
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.
The following is a partial list of Kanetkar"s plays: Devanche Manorajya Mala kahi Sangaychay! Beiman (बेइमान) Vedyache Ghar Unhat (वेड्याचे घर ऊन्हात) Prema, Tujha Ranga Kasa? (प्रेमा, तुझा रंग कसा?) Ashroonchi Zhali Phule (अश्रूंची झाली फुले) Raigadala Jewha Jag Yete (रायगडाला जेंव्हा जाग येते) Himalayachi Sawali (हिमालयाची सावली) Wishawrukshachi Chhaya (विषवृक्षाची छाया) Lekure Udanda Jahali (लेकुरे उदंड जाहली) Premachya Gawa Jawe (प्रेमाच्या गावा जावे) Jithe Gawatas Bhale Phutatat (जिथे गवतास भाले फुटतात) Suryachi Pille(सूर्याची पिल्ले) Ithe Oshalala Mrutyu (इथे ओशाळला मृत्यु) Matsyagandha (मत्स्यगंधा) Akhercha sawal Rang Umalatya Manache (रंग उमलत्या मनाचे ) Kasturimrug (कस्तुरीमृग ) Fakta Ekach Karan (फक्त एकच कारण ) Garudzep (गरुडझेप) (कादंबरीकार रणजीत देसाई यांच्याबरोबर) 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. He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in 1988.
