In a recent interview, filmmaker Boney Kapoor referred to Jr NTR as a "new face." Actor Siddharth, who was also part of the discussion, promptly corrected him, calling him one of the "biggest" stars in the South Indian film industry.

During a roundtable conversation hosted by Galatta Plus, Janhvi Kapoor’s father Boney Kapoor remembered how the audience accepted Kamal Haasan after the release of Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) even though he was a ‘fresh face’ for Hindi-speaking regions.

Boney Kapoor talked about the 1981 film Ek Duuje Ke Liye as an example, while pitching for good cinema which always finds its audience irrespective of languages and regions. Siddharth shot back that director K Balachander and actor Kamal Haasan were already popular down the South back then.