Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South 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 uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music.[3] Balabhaskar was a noted musician who began his career at the age of 12. He had composed the soundtrack for the Malayalam film Mangalya Pallakku, and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry. He was known for his unique south Indian fusion music.

Balabhaskar died on October 2, 2018 as a result of serious injuries from a car accident a week before his death.

He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).

Balabhaskar was born to C.K. Unni and Santhakumari on 10 July 1978. He married his longtime girlfriend Lakshmi on 16 December 2000. Their only daughter, Thejaswini Bala, born on 14 May 2016, died on 25 September 2018, when the family met with an accident in Pallipuram, near Thiruvananthapuram.

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