Nearly a month after recovering from coronavirus, Zoa announced that she will be donating her plasma to Covid-19 patients. Subsequently Zoa, Shaza and Karim tested negative for Covid-19. His wife and other staff from the house had tested negative," Karim's brother Mohammed Morani, told PTI. Just when it seemed like the Morani family was the worst-hit by Covid-19, news reports claiming that the patriarch of the family, Karim had also tested positive emerged. Hours after she tested positive, her twin Zoa, who had returned from Rajasthan on March 15, also tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Shaza had reportedly returned from Australia, just when the 21-day nation-wide lockdown was announced in India. Morani, who is known for producing films like ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Dilwale’, ‘Happy New Year’ among others, confirmed the news on April 6. When Kanika Kapoor was grabbing headlines for testing positive for Covid-19 five times consecutively, news emerged that film producer Karim Morani’s daughter, Shaza, had tested positive for Covid-19. Lyricist Piraisudan praised him in a poem for his talent and prayed saying "Padum Nilavey meendum nee pada va." (Singing moon,come again to sing.) Tamil television channels, including news channels, broadcast his songs and 'Padum Nila Balu Va' (Come singing moon Balu) was among the slogans seen on placards held during prayers. He had also appealed to the people to play a song sung by Balasubramaniam, praying for his speedy recovery. Tears rolled down Bharathirajaa's cheeks during the prayer. Many fans sung SPB's popular renditions "Nalam Vazha Ennalum Vaazhthukkal" (Our wishes for your well-being) and "Unnal Mudiyum Thambi," (You can do it brother) in a number of places. Other prominent people who joined the mass prayer session were chairman of Apollo Hospitals group Dr Pathap C Reddy and yesteryear actress Saroja Devi, film director Thankarbachan and actors Sivakumar and Prabhu. The social media platforms also witnessed scores praying for his recovery with hashtags such as "#GetWellSoonSPBSIR" and "#SPBalasubrahmanyam" trending.īharathirajaa, a long time friend of SPB, on Wednesday had given the call for the one-minute silent mass prayer at 6 pm and Rajinikanth and a host of others later appealed to fans and the general public to participate in it. Members of fan clubs of various leading actors, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vijay, also held prayers, wishing that the singer whose golden voice mesmerised generations for over five decades recover soon. Similarly, fans of the singer, popularly known as SPB, lined up in front of the ancient Big Temple in Thanjavur and in towns and cities including Madurai, Salem, Erode and Coimbatore while scores prayed from their homes and recited prayer songs from their religions. The popular singer, admitted to the hospital on August 5 after he tested positive for coronavirus, was put on the ECMO support, a heart-lung assistance machine, on Wednesday, nearly a week after he suffered a setback in his health.Īs people responded to the call for the mass prayer in a big way, young men and children, holding candles lined up on the outer periphery of MGM Healthcare and offered prayers. "Our multi-disciplinary team of clinicians have been actively collaborating with national and international experts and continue to closely monitor his vital parameters," Assistant Director ( Medical Services) of the hospital Dr Anuradha Baskaran said. Again, as I said, we are keeping the hope alive and are faithful and confident that all the prayers that are being showered upon him and his family are definitely going to help him recover as early as possible.Get well soon dear Balu sir - Rajinikanth 1597645686000 So, I realise that there is not much to update. SP Charan can be heard saying, “There has not been any major development in my father’s health condition so far. Also Read - SP Balasubrahmanyam Last Rites Performed With 72-Gun Salute at Late Singer's Red Hills Farmhouse Charan got emotional after seeing all the tweets and videos gives the family hope. In the video, he updated SPB’s health and thanked the entire film fraternity and his father’s fans for organising a mass prayer meet for the singer to recover soon. SP Balasubrahmanyam’s son SP Charan released a new video today on his Facebook page and breaks down as he said that his father’s health condition remains the same as it was yesterday. Its a huge Loss to TFI, We Miss You Sir'. We miss you Balu garu.' A user wrote, 'Legendary playback singer SP Balasubramaniam Garu passed away this afternoon in Chennai. SP Balasubrahmanyam Health Update: Legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam continues to remain critical on ventilator & ECMO support in the ICU of MGM Healthcare, Chennai. S.P.Balasubramaniam sir, all time favorite singer for millions of Indians has passed away at 1:04 PM this afternoon.