Updated On: 09 January, 2019 01:41 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with throat cancer, and has been operated for the same, confirmed Rajesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan with Hrithik Roshan. Picture Courtesy: Instagram/hrithikroshan.
On Tuesday, Hrithik Roshan took to his Instagram account to reveal to the world that his filmmaker-actor dad, Rakesh Roshan has been diagnosed with early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat a few weeks ago. Hrithik shared a post with his dad in the gym and 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 [sic]."
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