# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balabhaskar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:37:18.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balabhaskar"
name: "Balabhaskar"
slug: "balabhaskar"
description: "Balabhaskar Chandran was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India. 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."
tagline: "Indian musician (1978-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balabhaskar.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-07-10"
deathDate: "2018-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.29
  momentum:             1.568627450980392
  historical:           5.556841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/balabhaskarchandran/"
    handle:    "balabhaskarchandran"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2316696/"
    handle:    "nm2316696"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/496d5ba5-47da-4f60-9de5-8f3a57ab52db"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balabhaskar"
    title: "Balabhaskar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "बाला भास्कर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಬಾಲಭಾಸ್ಕರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "ബാലഭാസ്കർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balabhaskar"
    title: "Balabhaskar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1669727"
    title: "Balabhaskar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump