Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on Friday after he suffered a brain hemorrhage and is in a critical state, doctors attending to him said.

Doctors at the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra performed a life-saving surgery on him, hospital sources said.

Singh (70) is under observation and is stated to be in critical condition, they said.

He was to perform at a concert in Mumbai on Saturday

Later, a close family friend told reporters at the Lilavati hospital that the singer was operated upon for removal of a blood clot in his brain.

He claimed that the singer was out of danger "but will be kept under observation in the ICU for the next 24 hours".

Image: Jagjit Singh