Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with an early stage cancer — squamous cell carcinoma — in the throat and will soon go under knife, his son Hrithik Roshan revealed on Tuesday.
In an emotional post, shared on Instagram with a photograph of him and his father Rakesh Roshan before a workout at their home Gym, Hrithik wrote: “Asked my dad for a picture this morning. Knew he wouldn’t miss gym on surgery day. He is probably the strongest man I know. Got diagnosed with early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat a few weeks ago, but he is in full spirits today as he proceeds to battle it”
“As a family we are fortunate and blessed to have a leader like him,” Hrithik added.
Squamous cell carcinoma is a particular type of cancer that is characterised by an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lining of the throat.
Having featured as an actor in 84 films in the 1970s and 1980s, Rakesh took to film direction in 1987 and the titles of all the films directed by him have begun with alphabet “K”.