He was born to Padmanabha Pillai and Saraswati Bhai on 2 February 1952, in
Sasthamkotta,
Kerala. He was married to Sreelatha and the couple had two children, Sreekanth and Parvathy.
Death Balachandran died at the age of 69 on 5 April 2021 at his house in
Vaikom. He had suffered from
brain fever for a long time and was hospitalized many times, the last time being in July 2020. His body was cremated with full state honours. ==Awards==