India, Sept. 21 -- When debutant Kireeti Reddy began promotions for the release of his launchpad, Junior, he did a select few interviews with Kannada and Telugu media, conversing fluently in both languages and pitching it to both sets of audiences. For Kannada audiences he was a Puneeth Rajkumar fan and for Telugu viewers that became Jr NTR. This, of course, led to questions if Junior was a Kannada original with a Telugu dubbed version or vice versa. In an interview with a Kannada news channel, Kireeti clarified that he'd made a Kannada film.

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