What is Balabhaskar?
[[File:Balabhaskar Erudite Conclave Medical College Trivandrum.JPG|right|200px]] '''Balabhaskar Chandran''' (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian [[violin]]ist, [[composer]] and [[record producer]]. He was born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India. He was best known for promoting fusion music in [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/1227/ |title=MusicIndiaOnline: Get drenched with the new form of love |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211133354/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/1227/ |archive-date=11 February 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=FusionMusic>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/02/02/stories/2007020200870300.htm |title=Fusion Music |access-date=2018-10-02 |archive-date=2007-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204054655/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/02/02/stories/2007020200870300.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had composed the soundtrack for the [[Malayalam]] movie ''[[Mangalya Pallakku]]'', and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry.<ref name=FusionMusic/> His compositions for the albums ''Ninakaai'' and ''Aadyamai'' are still among the most-sought-after romantic song collections. He won the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi#Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar|Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/04/stories/2009060456312200.htm |access-date=2018-10-02 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606101644/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/04/stories/2009060456312200.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 2008. Balabhaskar died on 2 October 2018 of a [[heart attack]] caused by injuries from a car crash he suffered a week earlier, aged 40.<ref>{{cite news |title=Violinist Balabhaskar passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/balabhaskar-malayali-musician-violinist-dead-car