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After Rishi Kapoor announced this weekend that he's flying to America for some medical tests, his fans got wind of a disturbing rumour that the Bollywood veteran is suffering from advanced stages of cancer.

However, his elder brother Randhir Kapoor has dismissed that rumour.

According to Pune Mirror, he said that the exact nature of Rishi's ailment is not yet known: "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 advanced stage."

He repeated his brother's plea to pans to not "unnecessarily speculate": "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."

Rishi Kapoor flew to the States this weekend and is reportedly accompanied by wife Neetu and son Ranbir. The family missed the cremation of Krishna Raj Kapoor, who died on Monday, a couple of days after the family left for USA. Randhir Kapoor, their eldest son, performed the rituals.