Earlier on august 14, celebrities including AR Rahman, shekhar kapur, chiranjeevi, dhanush and shankar RAJA' target='_blank' title='yuvan shankar raja -Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>yuvan shankar raja expressed their wishes for SP Balasubramanyam's recovery. megastar chiranjeevi took to social media and wrote, "Dearest Brother SP Balu garu, My hearty prayers and wishes for your Speedy recovery. singer SP Balasubramanyam got admitted to MGM Healthcare Hospital on august 5 after testing positive for Covid19. He released a video from the hospital saying that it's a mild case of Covid-19 and is confident of recovering soon.

His fever subsided after a few days of medication. However, on august 13^th night, his condition worsened and he was put on a ventilator. The hospital's bulletin read that he was critical and is being closely observed by a set of doctors. Later, his son, SP Charan, released a statement that his father is stable. sp balasubrahmanyam recently worked with lyricist vairamuthu on a song based on the novel coronavirus.