Kanetkar spent most of his early life in Pune, and later, Sangli, where his father was a professor at Willingdon College.
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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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