Says a source close to Shirish, “Fair enough, so he did share his views around 'RA.One' on its release. He didn't like the movie and he said so. But then later he also liked 'Don 2' and openly acknowledged that as well. Where is the personal enmity coming into picture here? As an independent viewer, he has all the right to share his pleasure or displeasure at a movie being made. However for people to start hitting around is taking things way too far.”

He also feels that it is rather impractical to start hauling up those who don't like your films.

“In a TV show Shah Rukh had said that he wished ill luck to all those who wrote negative about his 'RA.One'. Now how is that justified? So many people wrote negative about Tees Maar Khan as well. Some critics were not too kind of 'Jaan-E-Mann' either. That didn't mean that if Shirish met them at a party or a social do, he started challenging them for what they wrote. It is a democratic country and films and cricket are two such things that everyone has an opinion about. You say, you move on, you forget; you don't start getting physical", the source adds.

Shell shocked with the incidents of the night gone by, Shirish was expectedly jittery once slap-gate incident started picking up heat. Says Shirish, “Frankly, this is hardly the kind of attention that I want. In fact I am wary of any kind of attention, be it for something as wrong as this which was completely unprovoked or even something good for which I may have been responsible. I like to keep a low profile and Sunday's late night party was one of those rare instances when I actually attended a gathering.”