When Shah Rukh Khan is deemed to be a star in a movie that has a love triangle, the bubble gum kind at that, there is a 99% chance that he might end up with the girl. And if it is the dark creepy kind of story, then I pity the guy who is at the other end of the love triangle. Shah Rukh Khan is often accused of playing a girlfriend-stealer in many of the movies, including his last one, Jab Harry Met Sejal. Even if you cast a Salman Khan or an Akshay Kumar at the other end, there is no escaping a girl from SRK's charm, at least in the reels.

Now we hear that Abhay Deol is playing Katrina Kaif's love interest in Zero, while we also know that Shah Rukh Khan also is vying for her affections. So is there even a match here? Let's look at 22 love triangles Shah Rukh Khan has been involved in his 3-decade long career and see how other stars have fared against him. Disclaimer: we have not considered movies where the other guy was a pure villain like Amrish Puri in Koyla or Aashif Sheikh in Karan Arjun.

Rishi Kapoor - Deewana

Common interest: Divya Bharati

Relationship status: He woos and marries her, and then he is thought being dead in a twist. This allows Mr Khan to move in to woo the widow, and marry her. By the time, Mr Kapoor returns, she is happily married to the younger guy and he has to give up his life to let her be that!

Farooque Shaikh and Raj Babbar -  Maya Memsaab

Common interest: Deepa Sahi

Relationship status: No one's a winner, as each men is integral to Maya's journey of discovering love. Though we have to say her portions with Shah Rukh Khan are the most passionate.

Siddharth - Baazigar

Common interest: Kajol

Relationship status: Friendzoned. But has hope since SRK's character dies in the end. At least he didn't end up at the end of a rope like the other friendzoned guy in the movie who was stalking Shilpa Shetty.

Sunny Deol - Darr

Common interest: Juhi Chawla

Relationship status: No one takes Punjab Da Munda for granted, who beats the shit out his wife's stalker and kills him. And they remain happily ever after!

Deepak Tijori - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

Common interest: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi

Relationship status: Wins the girl, despite nearly losing her at one point

Deepak Tijori - Anjaam

Common interest: Madhuri Dixit

Relationship status: Only actor to beat SRK twice, though the second time, it ended with really bloody, fatal results.

Parmeet Sethi - Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Common interest: Kajol

Relationship status: Imagine getting fooled by a guy who you thought was a friend but was only staying in your home to take away your would-be dulhania. Even his sister became a pawn in Raj and Simran's hide-n-seek love games. But no one cared for Kuljeet, do they?

Vivek Mushran - Ram Jaane

Common interest: Juhi Chawla

Relationship status: Gets the girl, as the other guy gets hanged by the law

Aditya Pancholi - Yes Boss

Common interest: Juhi Chawla

Relationship status: He is a sleazy married boss; his rival is an opportunistic a-hole. And the girl chooses the latter!

Apurva Agnihotri -  Pardes

Common interest: Mahima Chaudhary

Relationship status: Started off as a nice guy with a fake accent, ended up being a a-hole with an even faker accent. So the girl goes in the arms of his BFF, who was in love with her all along. Guess who that BFF was!

Akshay Kumar -  Dil Toh Pagal Hai

Common interest: Madhuri Dixit

Relationship status: Nearly gets married to the girl, before he sacrifices his love at the end of a stupid play.

Himself - Duplicate

Common interest: Juhi Chawla

Relationship status: One is a villain so he had to go.

Salman Khan - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Common interest: Kajol

Relationship status: Who says nice guys always win? If you do, perhaps you haven't watch the sad saga of Aman who gives up the girl he loved for long to a guy who says things like you love and marry only once, and yet goes on to break his own rule. We feel for you, Aman!

Jas Arora -  Chalte Chalte

Common interest: Rani Mukerji

Relationship status: Ha ha ha!

Saif Ali Khan - Kal Ho Naa Ho

Common interest: Preity Zinta

Relationship status: The only 'friendzoned' guy, who manages to get out of the zone and marry the girl he loved. Only because the other guy has an unexplained heart disease.

Manoj Bajpayee - Veer Zara

Common interest: Preity Zinta

Relationship status: Even boundaries and 23 years in prison can't stop Mr Khan's charm, so poor Mr Bajpayee had no chance!

Himself Again - Paheli

Common interest: Rani Mukerji

Relationship status: Damn, SRK is a danger to himself! And we are yet to talk about FAN!

Abhishek Bachchan - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Common interest: Rani Mukerji

Relationship status: Abhishek was the nicest guy in the movie, and yet he loses his wife to a rude bigot, because the latter was played by SRK.

Akshay Kumar - Heyy Baby

Common interest: Vidya Balan

Relationship status: Thankfully for Akki's character, SRK only appeared in a couple of minutes in a song, so didn't pose much of a threat.

Arjun Rampal - Om Shanti Om

Common interest: Deepika Padukone

Relationship status: If it was not for the fact that he killed his lover, Rampal's Mukesh Mehra was one competitor whom SRK's Om could never have beaten in the game of love.

Himself Once More- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Common interest: Anushka Sharma

Relationship status: Still trying to figure out the point of this whole triangle....

Ranbir Kapoor - Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Common interest: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Relationship status: Both are winners as well as losers here, I guess. After all, what can you expect from a movie that celebrates one-sided love.

So mostly, we learn this - keep your girl away from  Mr Khan's charm!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 06, 2018 05:37 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).