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M. R. Acharekar (Murlidhar Ramchandra Acharekar) was born on 1907 in Achra, Maharashtra, is an Indian artist, director. Discover M. R. Acharekar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Murlidhar Ramchandra Acharekar |
| Occupation |
Artist, art director, author |
| Age |
72 years old |
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| Born |
1907, 1907 |
| Birthday |
1907 |
| Birthplace |
Achra, Maharashtra |
| Date of death |
1979 |
| Died Place |
Delhi, India |
| Nationality |
India
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M. R. Acharekar Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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M. R. Acharekar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is M. R. Acharekar worth at the age of 72 years old? M. R. Acharekar’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from India. We have estimated M. R. Acharekar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
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| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
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Timeline
Murlidhar Ramachandra Acharekar (1907–1979) was an Indian artist and film art director in Hindi cinema who won the Filmfare Best Art Direction Award three times: for Pardesi (1958), for Kaagaz Ke Phool (1960), and for Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1962).
Ramachandra Acharekar was born in Bombay.
1923–28 M.R Acharekar Explored new areas of expression like photography and lithography.
Started a lithopress, Bombay.
Noted for his brilliant career with an early success at various exhibitions at home and abroad.
Established himself easily as one of the most promising painters of his time.
• 1929- Painting Name- CONCENTRATION- Prize- Maharaja of Bhavnagar's Prize.
• 1929- Same Painting wins Gold Medal in Bangalore & Nagpur.
• 1930- Painting Name- PRAYER- Prize-Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
• 1931- Painting Name- RIPOSE- Prize-Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.
Executed important commissions like painting the historical event of the inauguration of the Round Table Conference by his late Majesty King George V of the United Kingdom, in 1932,the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of King George V in 1935, in London where he was sent with special credentials by the then Viceroy of India, Lord Willingdon.
He executed portraits of dignitaries and eminent men and women in India.
His book, Rupadarsini, An Indian Approach to Human Form addressed the controversial issue of figure drawing.
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.
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".
• 1932, Exhibited painting titled Round Table Conference, Imperial Institute, London.
Inaugurated by Maharaja of Mandi, New Delhi.
• 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.
• 1954 Published Sky Scrapers and Flying Gandharvas.
• 1954, 56, 58, 79 Solo exhibitions., Bombay.
• 1955 Awarded Tamra Patra, Govt.
• 1956 The Apostle of Peace, pencil sketches of Jawaharlal Nehru was published.He worked with Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt as Art Director.
• 1957, 59, 61 Filmfare Award, for Art Direction, Mumbai.
• 1957 Awarded Film Journalists Association Trophy, Mumbai.
• 1960 Member, Selection and Judging Committee, National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
• 1968 President, Cine Art Directors Association of India, Bombay.
• 1968 Awarded Padmashri, Govt of India.
• Mera Naam Joker (1970) [Art Director]
• 1972–73 President, Bombay Art Society, Bombay.
• 1973 He was commissioned by the Selection Committee, National Art Gallery, Delhi.
• 1973, exhibitions of 51 Paintings depicting the first hundred years of the freedom movement (1757–1856), inaugurated by Indira Gandhi, Birla Bhavan, New Delhi.
• Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime (1978) [Production Designer]
• 2004, Manifestations II, organised by Delhi Art Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
