India, Feb. 7 -- Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan has opened up about the time when he was shot in 2000 and also his cancer diagnosis in 2018. Speaking with News18, Rakesh shared that he was working out with his son-actor Hrithik Roshan on the morning of his surgery day.

Rakesh said, "I took it very lightly even when I got shot. I used to joke with them even then so that they don't feel that life is going towards a darker space. I did the same thing when I got cancer. Hrithik (Roshan) and I were working out on the morning of the day I was going for my surgery."

"We worked out at the gym for an hour, then I got ready and went to the hospital. My surgery took place at one o'clock and at four, I was put in the room. And I was walking at five o'cloc...