The 70-year-old singer was operated at the Lilavati Hospital Friday, when he was scheduled to sing with Pakistani ghazal king Ghulam Ali at a concert. Get well soon wishes started pouring in on microblogging site Twitter ever since, with melody queen Lata Mangeshkar being one of the first to react to the news. Here's what some of the celebrities tweeted:
Lata Mangeshkar
मुझे अभी पता चला है कि हम सब के प्रिय गजल गायक जगजीत सिंह जी को ब्रैन हेमरेज हुआ है और वो अस्पताल में हैं. मैं भगवान से प्रार्थना करीत हूं कि वो जल्द अच्छे हो जाएं. और आप सब भी उनके लिए प्रार्थना करिए.
Amitabh Bachchan
Came to know from Lata-ji's tweet, famous ghazal singer Jagjit Singh has had a brain haemorrhage. Prayers for all to be well... Jagjit Singh that great
ghazal singer is critical with brain haemorrhage... speedy recovery! Jagjit Singh - the man with the silken voice; smooth and endearing in all his ghazal renditions.
Akshay Kumar
God knows what's wrong with this world, now ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh suffers from brain haemorrhage. Sending him good wishes and praying for his well being.
Mahesh Bhatt
"Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho", a song from "Arth" sung by Jagjit Singh echoes in my heart as I read the news of him being hospitalized.
Anupam Kher
My prayers for Jagjit Singh, the best ghazal singer of our country. May his health be fine soon.
Sonu Niigaam
We'll all pray for Jagjitji. We want his royal voice to grace our planet for many more years. God bless him and save him.
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