Raghunath Seth

Early life and training Born in Gwalior in 1931, he started his music training from his elder brother Kashi Prasad, at the age of 12,

Career He was an Indian Classical Music Bamboo Flautist. His flute composition "Music to help you sleep" from the album Nidra has over 5.5 million views on YouTube.

His filmography included songs by stalwarts like Yesudas, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Anuradha Paudwal, Chithra, Kavita Krishnamurty, Alka Yagnik, Bhupinder, Suresh Wadkar, Hariharan, Udit Narayan and more. "Yeh Paudhay Yeh Pattay", from the film "Ek Baar Phir", has been documented as Anuradha Paudwal's first film song.

His private albums included songs by Talat Mehmood, Asha Bhosle, Vani Jairam, Arti Mukherjee, Talat Aziz, Peenaz Masani, Sudha Malhotra, Hari Om Sharan and Sharma Bandhu.

He scored music for around 2000 documentary films and many television serials. Several of them like, 'Ocean to Sky, 'The Last Tiger', 'Mughal Gardens' & 'Death Sentence' were widely recognised for their music scores as well. He also composed songs for the 1988 Malayalam film 'Aaranyakam', directed by Malayalam film director Hariharan, with lyrics by the late Malayalam poet O. N. V. Kurup.

As a flute professional, he has raised children, many of whom have gone on to follow musical pursuits including: his son Apurva Shrivastava, Steve Gorn, Rao Kyao, Chris Hinze, Clive Bell, Sunil Gupta, Krishna Bhandari, Joshua Geisler, Chetan Joshi, Atul Sharma and Datta Chaughule.

Death He died on February 15, 2014, in Mumbai, at the age of 83.