There was a rumor that Naseeruddin Shah has slapped his friend-producer Shabbir Boxwala. This time he is very irking and clear the air saying, "I think a lot of people were expecting this to happen much earlier. Since it didn't happen they decided to invent this story. As far as I'm concerned, all this 'flying fist of fury' stuff is a thing of the past for me. We don't need this kind of cheap publicity."