Mumbai, Jan. 9 -- When we'd bumped into Hrithik Roshan last week, as we were leaving Sanjay Khan's birthday celebrations where he'd dropped in to wish his former father-in-law, we'd commended the star on the recent clips he'd shared on social media of his sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan, demolishing some pretty daunting ski cliffs and slopes with their super-fit dad, on a recent holiday in Europe. Clearly, the idea of machismo and courage runs in the family. Yesterday, Hrithik demonstrated just how the family's men face other daunting cliffs and slopes, with a post about his father-producer Rakesh Roshan's surgery, later that day. "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," he'd posted on social media. "Got diagnosed with early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat a few weeks ago, but he is full of spirit today as he proceeds to battle it. As a family, we are fortunate and blessed to have a leader like him. Love you, Dad." Not only did Roshan establish the standards of courage practiced by the Roshan clan, but he also proved that as far as social media communications go, Bollywood has stolen a march over others, when it comes to handling tricky health news, and that is, by being honest, upfront and human. It started when Irrfan Khan shared news of his neuroendocrine tumour on Twitter; Sonali Bendre and Rishi Kapoor took things further by presenting an honest, unflinching and sanguine face in their social media posts, about their own health challenges. And now, with this buoyant portrait of father and son, both working out on the day of the former's surgery, the message is being further strengthened. What's more, this fortitude is not only for the general public. When we texted the star yesterday, conveying our best wishes for the operation and enquired about the senior Roshan, his response was prompt and as positive as ever: "He is doing super," he said, most likely from his father's bedside at the hospital. Phew, that's grit!...