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Balabhaskar
Background information
Born	Balabhaskar Chandran (1978-07-10)10 July 1978
Died	2 October 2018(2018-10-02) (aged 40) Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
Genres	Fusion,carnatic,world
Occupations	Singer Composer Violinist Record producer Musician
Years active	1995–2018
Website	balabhaskar.in

Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian musician,violinist,composer andrecord producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music inSouth India.^[1][2] Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncleB. Sasikumar, a laureate inCarnatic music.^[3]

Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12. He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for theMalayalam-language filmMangalya Pallakku (1998), and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).

Balabhaskar was a child prodigy and started doing stage shows at 12.^[3] He became the youngest music director in the Malayalam film industry when he composed for the movieMangalya Pallak (audio marketed by Magna Sound) at 17.^[4] His compositions for the albumsNinakaai andAadyamai are still among the most-sought-after romantic song collections.^[4] He was exceptionally versed inCarnatic music and hence was an exponent of the same. His flair for connecting with his audience has made him one of the hot favorites for major stage shows and classical concerts.^[2]

Balabhaskar has performed with many noted musicians and instrumentalists in India and abroad, includingUstad Zakir Hussain,Sivamani,Louis Banks,Vikku Vinayakram, Fetty Wap,Hariharan,Mattannoor Sankarankutty,Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi, and so on. He also performed with his guru and uncle ShriB. Sasikumar, as violin duo inCarnatic concerts.

Balabhaskar's debut instrumental fusion album waslet it B in 2011. It features renowned musicians including Sivamani, Louis Banks, Fazal Qureshi, Gino Banks and Sheldon D'Silva.Let it B has flavors of rock, jazz, hip-hop and techno music spun around Balabhaskar's Indian violin. The album uses specially composed Sanskrit lyrics, in an effort to promote Sanskrit as a language of communication. Two songs, "Begin with Soorya" and "B yond," have been visualized and are available along with the visuals of the making in the limited edition series. The album is produced under the banner of MC Audios and Videos.

Balabhaskar brought out a collection of soothing CarnaticKeertanas colored in his style, lending it an international flavor. The project is calledBhajati in 2011 and is marketed by Audio Tracs.

Balabhaskar was born to C. K. Unni who was a postmaster and Santhakumari; a Sanskrit lecturer of Sree Swathi Thirunal College of Music on 10 July 1978. He was married to his longtime girlfriend Lakshmi on 18 November 2000. Their only daughter (who was born after 16 years of their marriage), Thejaswini Bala, born on 23 April 2016, died on 25 September 2018, aged 2 years 5 months old, when the family met with an accident in Pallipuram, near Thiruvananthapuram. SingerMadhu Balakrishnan is his first cousin.^[5]

Balabhaskar sustained multiple injuries due to a car accident which occurred atPallippuram on the NH-66 in the early hours of 25 September 2018, which also injured his wife and killed their daughter, and was admitted to the Ananthapuri Hospital inThiruvananthapuram, following which two surgeries were done. His condition was improving while continuing on life support, but he died suddenly of cardiac arrest on 2 October 2018.^[6][7][8][9]

Almost 22 months after his death, theCentral Bureau of Investigation took up the probe, for which anFIR has now been lodged by the agency.^[10]

Balabhaskar was the recipient of theBismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar^[11] in 2008 byKendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).^[12]

Apart from his concerts and stage shows, Balabhaskar gave music to ad films, movies, tele-serial titles and albums inMalayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit languages.

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