Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam Continues to be on Ventilator, ECMO Support: Hospital

On Thursday, August 20, actor Rajinikanth and a host of other celebrities appealed to people to join a mass prayer for a speedy recovery of the veteran singer.

“Let us pray together for SPB’s recovery from 6 to 6.05 pm,” Rajinikanth said. He hailed the singer as “Padum Nila,” which means a ”singing moon,” a pointer to S P Balasubrahmanyam’s captivating voice and urged his fans and people to join the prayer. Veteran Tamil film director Bharathirajaa also appealed to people to observe a one-minute silent prayer at 6 pm today and then play a song sung by S P Balasubrahmanyam. “My friend ‘Padum Nila’ should recover and that is the idea behind the mass prayer,” Bharathirajaa said.

Bharathirajaa had said music directors Ilayaraja, AR Rahman, actors Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and others, lyricist Vairamuthu, directors, musicians, members of Film Employees Federation of South India, producers, theatre owners, distributors besides billions of SPB fans across the globe would sing S P Balasubrahmanyam’s songs at their respective places and pray for his recovery.

The singer was admitted to MGM Healthcare on August 5 after he tested positive for coronavirus and he suffered a setback on August 13, prompting doctors to put him on life support.