M.R. Acharekar

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name = M.R Acharekar


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birth place = Achra, Maharashtra, India
death place = Mumbai, Maharastra, India
occupation = Artist, Art Director,Author

Murlidhar Ramachandra Acharekar (1900-1981) was an Indian artits, film art director in Hindi cinema, who won Filmfare Best Art Direction Award three times, 1958 for "Pardesi", 1960 for "Kaagaz Ke Phool", in 1962 for "Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai" [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009859/awards M.R. Acharekar -Awards] "Internet Movie Database".]

Bio

Murlidhar Ramachandra Acharekar (1900-1981) was born in the coastal village of Achra, Maharashtra. 1923-28 M.R Acharekar Explored new areas of expression like photography and lithography. Started a lithopress, Bombay. In 1935 The then Viceroy of India, Lord Willingdon commissioned him to paint the Silver Jubilee celebration of King George V, London.
Acharekar remained in the forefront of portrait paintings, especially of the commemorative genre, for more than forty years. He was also an educationist and a successful art director who raised art direction to a new height in the field of cinema. His interest and superb ability in live portraiture is apparent in the ease and rapidity of his renditions of human figures, retaining their character and likeness. It was the perfect academic discipline gained in his early life, the sheet anchor of his artistic credo, which facilitated these easy renderings. It must be noted that he remained alive to change and rejuvenate, evolving gradually without sudden revolutionary mutations. He remained very much his own master with no direct and obvious influences of any "isms".

* 1947 President, Art Society of India, Bombay.
* 1952 he travelled to the United States, as a member of the Indian Film Delegation, at the invitation of Motion Picture Association of America and State Dept, USA.
He published Rupdarshini, an account on how to deal with the human form.

* 1954 Published Sky Scrapers and Flying Gandharvas.
* 1956 The Apostle of Peace, pencil sketches of Jawaharlal Nehru was published.He worked with Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt as Art Director.
* 1960 Member, Selection and Judging Committee, National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
* 1968 President, Cine Art Directors Association of India, Bombay.
* 1972-73 President, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
* 1973 He was commissioned by the Selection Committee, National Gallery.

Education

1917-23 Studied at Ketkar Institute of Art, Bombay.
1928 Diploma in Painting, Govt. of Maharashtra, Bombay.
1932-34 Studied at Royal College of Art, London.

Exhibitions

1932, Exhibited painting titled Round Table Conference, Imperial Institute, London.
1937 Solo exhb. Inaugurated by Maharaja of Mandi, New Delhi.
1954, 56, 58, 79 Solo exhibitions., Bombay.
1973, exhibitions of 51 Paintings depicting the first hundred years of the freedom movement (1757-1856), inaugurated by Indira Gandhi, Birla Bhavan, New Delhi.
2004, Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

Awards

1929 Maharaja of Bhavnagar?s Prize, Bombay.
1930 Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
1931 Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
1955 Awarded Tamra Patra, Govt. of India.
1957, 59, 61 Filmfare Award, for Art Direction, Bombay.
1957 Awarded Film Journalists Association Trophy, Bombay.
1968 Awarded Padmashri, Govt of India.

Teaching Experience

1923 Appointed as Junior Teacher, Ketkar Institute of Art, Bombay.
1937-39 Deputy Director,Sir J. J. School of Art , Bombay.
1948-56 Principal, Academy of Art, Bombay.

Art Direction/Production Design

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime (1978) [Production Designer]

Mera Naam Joker (1970) [Art Director]

Bombai Raat Ke Bahon Mein (1968) [Art Director] [Set Decorator]

Sapnon Ka Saudagar (1968) [Set Designer] (as M.R. Acharekar)

Suraj (1966) [Art Director]

Amrapali (1966) [Art Director]

Rajkumar (1964) [Art Director]

Sangam (1964/I) [Production Designer]

Dil Hi To Hai (1963) [Art Director]

Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960) [Art Director] [Production Controller]

Anari (1959) [Art Director]

Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) [Art Director]

Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957) [Art Director] [Production Controller]

Pardesi (1957) [Art Director]

Jagte Raho (1956) [Art Director] (as M.R. Acharekar) [Production Controller] (as M.R. Acharekar)

Shree 420 (1955) [Art Director] (as M.R. Acharekar) [Production Controller] (as M.R. Acharekar)

Boot Polish (1954) [Art Director]

Aan (1952) [Art Director] (as M.R. Acharekar)

Ashiana (1952) [Art Director]

Bewafa (1952) [Art Director]

Awaara (1951) [Art Director]

Naujawan (1951) [Art Director]

Shahjahan (1946) [Production Designer]

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