Popular violinist and musician Balabhaskar and family met with a road accident at Pallippuram of Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning. The family was en route from Thrissur after visiting a temple.
His one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Thejaswi Bala, reportedly died in the accident.
According to recent reports, the condition of the singer and wife Lakshmi, continue to be critical. The car they were travelling in had veered off and hit a tree and the driver is assumed to have dozed off.
Balabhaskar became the youngest musician to compose for Malayalam film at the age of 17 for the movie Mangalya Pallakku. He emerged to be a prominent name in the Malayalam music industry with his compositions for albums, movies and concerts. He has collaborated with many big names including Ustad Zakhir Hussain, Sivamani, Louis Banks, Vikku Vinayakram, Hariharan, Mattannoor Sankarankutty, Ranjit Barot and Fazal Qureshi.