Ouseppachan was born to Mathiri Paliakkara and Louis of the Mechery house on 13 September 1955 in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri.
He also composed additional background music for the film Aaravam (1979) in which he also played the role of a fiddle player, however Kathodu Kathoram (1985), directed by Bharathan is considered as his debut.
[3] He also composed songs for the non-commercial Hindi film Freaky Chakra, directed by V.K.
Prakash and background scores for various other Hindi films, notably directed by Priyadarshan.