Sai Korrapati’s Varaahi Chalana Chitram lists its next release, Junior, as a Telugu film that’s also been made in Kannada. This is also the general perception in film industry circles – that the movie, which introduces Gaali Janardhan Reddy’s son Kireeti Reddy to cinema, is a Telugu original that’s been dubbed in Kannada. Kireeti, though, begs to differ. In a conversation with TV9, ahead of the film’s July 18 theatrical release, Kireeti said, “I want to set the record straight. There is a misconception that Junior is a Telugu film. I was born in Karnataka and dedicate my life to Kannada. Junior has been made in Kannada."

Kireeti on the delay in the making of Junior

The film, meanwhile, was launched way back in 2022, with part of the delay down to the fact that Kireeti Reddy was out of action for a year after sustaining an injury during a stunt sequence. The young actor says that he’d insisted on doing a stunt without rope assistance and injured himself in the process, which took him a year to recover from.

Written and directed by Radhakrishna Reddy, who made the 2016 PRK Production film Mayabazar, Junior, according to Kireeti, is a family entertainer. “That’s the kind of cinema that I personally prefer. The films that I do should have a feel-good vibe about them and be compatible for all audiences,” says Kireeti, adding that vulgarity and double entendre is, therefore, a strict no-no for him.

Nevertheless, Kireeti claims that Radhakrishna produced a lovely tale that everyone enjoyed and that he did not meddle with Radhakrishna's creative process in any way. He adds, "I'm confident that Kannada audiences will love it as well." Even though the actor is paired with Sreeleela, he is overjoyed to have been given the chance to collaborate with Crazy Star Ravichandran in his debut picture.

“While I wasn't exactly engaged in the casting process, I was really eager to collaborate with Ravichandran sir.” Kireeti, who is also sharing screen time with Genelia Deshmukh, said, "Fortunately, he agreed to be a part of the movie and plays my father." Junior was supposed to be her return project, but after the delay, that distinction went to Sitaare Zameen Par.

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