People accused Kiran of copying Rajesh Khanna's mannerisms. But Kiran said that he was copying theatre actor V.K. Sharma's acting mannerisms. V.K.Sharma was Rajesh's acting guru from his theatre days. So Khanna's style of acting came from Sharma.
His father Jeevan opposed him being in Gujarati films. Jeevan wanted him to work only in Hindi films as a hero. But Kiran Kumar was not getting any work. So he had no choice.