India, Feb. 8 -- Buzz around Nitesh Tiwari's much-anticipated Ramayana intensified after several reports claimed that Vikrant Massey had been replaced by Raghav Juyal in the film. However, Vikrant has now firmly shut down the speculation, clarifying that he was never a part of the project to begin with. However, he deleted the clarification posts within minutes.

On Sunday, Vikrant took to Instagram to call out the rumours. He also slammed the reports as "irresponsible". Vikrant reposted an article of one such report to refute the report on his Instagram Stories, along with a note.

The speculation gained momentum after reports suggested that Vikrant had been considered for the role of Meghanad, also known as Indrajit, the eldest son of R...