Yet again, Shah Rukh Khan's fans are battling Salman Khan's supporters on Twitter

.When it comes to Bollywood rivalries, perhaps few have been as contentious as the competition between Shah Rukh and Salman Khan. Though the stars themselves have made public gestures of reconciliation on a number of occasions – each of them reported upon by breathless Bollywood reporters as if the Israelis and Palestinians have found accord – this has not prevented the more diehard fans of these stars from indulging in Twitter wars that often become ludicrously heated.

The latest bout followed the release last week of the first trailer of Shah Rukh Khan film Happy New Year, which fans of Salman Khan quickly began to ridicule. But SRK has a huge following on Twitter too, and they were quick to respond.

Here are the eight most common points of criticism Shah Rukh Khan received, and how his fans countered them.

1) He is not a versatile actor

Both Shah Rukh Khan and his fans are particularly offended if someone points this out. “Check your facts,” Pratishtha Malhotra, a Mumbai-based entrepreneur who has wanted to marry the actor since she was a child, said. “If Chak De India, Darr, Swades and Dil Se were not versatile enough for you then you have no understanding of Hindi cinema. May be you should watch theatre. Oh, wait, he has done that too.”

2) Salman Khan has a bigger fan base than SRK

To which the fans responded, "Have you seen the sort of reception Shah Rukh gets in even non-English speaking countries like Russia, Germany, France and Belgium? How many non-Hindi speaking women melt at the sight of Salman? Other than Jacqueline Fernandes, of course."