His wife Lakshmi (38) and driver are still undergoing treatment at a private hospital after the car they were travelling in lost control and hit a tree near the CRPF camp in Thiruvananthapuram's Pallippuram.

Balabhaskar's two-year-old daughter Tejaswini died on the accident spot.

Balabhaskar, a child prodigy,shot to fame when, as he as a 17-year-old, became the youngest composer to make music for Malayalam film 'Mangalya Pallak' and later made music for several films & albums, promoting fusion music was his forte.

Balabhaskar had won Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar, 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music(Violin) and was also part of a music band.