India, July 23 -- Junior, the launchpad of actor Kireeti Reddy, released in theatres on July 18 and the Kannada-Telugu bilingual has been doing well at the box office, especially in the Telugu version. The film has been directed by Radhakrishna Reddy, who'd earlier made Mayabazar 2016 for Puneeth Rajkumar's PRK Productions. The filmmaker has been soaking in all the praise that's been coming his way for successfully launching Kireeti with Junior, which, based on the initial teasers was thought to be a light-hearted campus romance.

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But as it turns out, Radhakrishna put together an intense family drama, with romance and action thrown in for good measure. "The...