- Born
- Died1979 · Delhi, India (undisclosed)
- Birth nameMurlidhar Ramachandra Acharekar
- Indian set designer, author, and visual artist. Born in what was then Bombay on November 14, 1907, he studied at the Kelkar School of Art and graduated from the Bombay School of Fine Arts and from the Royal College of Arts in London. In 1935, he was commissioned by King George V of England to paint a commemorative picture for the Indian Conference. He in 1937 became deputy director of the Sir J.J. School of Art and In 1944, he founded and directed the Acharekar Art Academy. From 1948 to 1956, he was principal of the Bombay School of Art. In 1952, he was part of the Indian Film Delegation in the United States. Despite his artistic and educational travels throughout the world, Acharekar managed to spend over twenty years simultaneously designing film sets for Raj Kapoor's RK Film Studios. He is the author of books such as Rupa Darsini, Skyscrapers and Flying Gandharvas. In . He was for a time president of the Indian Association of Film Set Designers. He died in Bombay in 1979.- IMDb Mini Biography By: <jumblejim@prodigy.net> Jim Beaver
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