Not an auspicious start to J D Chakravarthy's Homam

Nothing seems to work out for J D Chakravarthy, or Gaddam Chakravarthy as you affectionately or disgustingly call him. Because the more his godfather, Ramgopal Varma, tries to pull him up, the more his stars are working against him. His new film Homam, with Jagapati Babu and Mamata Mohandas, has been struggling to get off, we hear. Initially, JD boasted that Mithun Chakraborty would be the villian of the film. And, today he says he has dates problems. Is it really true that Mithun Chakraborty gave his consent for the film, or is it just a figment of your fertile imagination to derive mileage for Homam, JD? We don't want to dwell deep into it, but the news is Mahesh Manjrekar is replacing Mithun. Manjrekar is no stranger to Tollywood, he had earlier acted in a film called Okkadunnadu. And, before that, he had directed Vaastav in Bollywood, which fetched Sanjay Dutt the best actor award. And, he went on to do Astitva with Rekha, which was appreciated by the discerning audiences.