That SP Balasubrahmanyam and Ilayaraaja are good friends is well known. When SPB was admitted to the hospital for treatment, owing to COVID-19, Ilayaraaja had released a video "Ezhunda va Balu" which moved several to tears.
Now, TOI reports that SPB had watched that particular video of Ilayaraaja in hospital and had even kissed the screen, moved by the message he received, presumably.
"He asked for the phone, replayed the video and kissed it. It was one of the moving moments for all of us," said senior surgeon Dr Deepak Subramaniam of MGM Healthcare to TOI.
The report also says that he used to communicate with the nurses by way of notes and had written “love you all” message to the nursing team.