Rishi Kapoor headed to the USA over the weekend along with wife Neetu Kapoor and son Ranbir Kapoor for 'some' medical treatment. Before leaving, he had tweeted, "Hello all! I am taking a short leave of absence from work to go to America for some medical treatment. I urge my well-wishers not to worry or unnecessarily speculate. It’s been 45 years “plus” of wear and tear at the movies. With your love and good wishes, I will be back soon!"
Though the actor had urged people not to speculate, reports regarding his deteriorating health started doing the rounds minutes after he pushed the tweet out. Rishi and Ranbir's absence from Krishna Raj Kapoor's funeral, further fuelled speculations of him suffering from a serious disease.
A certain BollywoodBubble report added fuel to fire as it qouted a source saying, “Flown to the US for treatment. The doctors have called him in for a 45-day treatment that includes chemotherapy sessions too. Rishi along with Neetu, Ranbir are currently staying there and now Ranbir will have to come back to begin shooting for his films. Which is when Ridhima Kapoor Sahni will be travelling to be with mom and dad. It’s a trying time for the veteran actor.”
“Shooting of Rishi’s film with Juhi Chawla is completely stalled. The producers, Sony don’t want to continue with a replacement. They have put the movie on hold. He’s going to be treated a little differently because he always had a back problem. The doctors are also taking that into consideration. It’s not known which cancer he is suffering from yet,” the source further added.
However, in a recent interview with ETimes, Rishi's brother Randhir rubbished all rumours of him suffering from cancer and urged people to let him undergo tests peacefully.
Randhir Kapoor said, "We don’t know yet what is the exact nature of his ailment. Rishi himself doesn’t know what he’s suffering from. He has not even started undergoing tests there. how can people speculate that he has cancer and that too, one that has escalated to an advanced stage. Let him undergo tests peacefully; whatever the results, we will let everyone know. He only reached America two-three days ago and so far, he was being prepared for the tests that he has to undergo. Depending on what the results are, his line of treatment, medication and other modalities will be decided upon. It’s not fair to speculate things just like that."
