Raghunath Manet

Raghunath Manet is a French classical musician/music composer and dancer/choreographer, writer, film maker and actor, born in the Union Territory of Puducherry. He is trained in Bharathanatyam and plays the Veena, a Carnatic instrument. He has collaborated with Gilberto Gil, Aldo Brizzi, American Jazz musician Archie Shepp, American dancer Carolyn Carlson, French performers such as Richard Galliano, Didier Lockwood and Michel Portal and Indian musician Dr Balamurali Krishna and Drums Sivamani.

Raghunath Manet has performed all over the world. He has appeared at special events for Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Chanel, Lagerfeld and other iconic brands. In 2017 Dr. Manet received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) 2017 presented by the President of India during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations in Bengaluru, recognizing Dr. Manet's contributions promoting Indian arts and culture in France. Other accolades include the "Officier des Arts et des Lettres" (2016) and the "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" from the French Ministry of Culture, the GOPIO Community Service Award in Jaipur, India (2011), and the Best Performer Award during the 2014 Chennai Music and Dance Festival. In 2023, Raghunath received the "Kalaimamani Award" from the Government of Pondicherry.

Raghunath Manet has acted in several films: Noni, le fruit de l'espoir by Alain Williams with Robert Hossein, Diamant Noir by Arthur Harari, Le journal d'un séducteur by Daniel Dubroux with Jean-Pierre Léaud and Chiara Mastroianni, and Perduto Amor by Franco Battiato. His work as a filmmaker includes "Dance of Shiva" (documentary film 1H15mn), "Karma" (short film), "Yoga, the 7th Chakra" (short film), "The Bayadères of Pondicherry" (documentary film) and "Réincarnation/rebirth" (mobile phone film). Raghunath is completing his fiction film RETOUR A PONDICHÉRY, BACK TO PONDICHERY.

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