The Tall And Short Of The Story

Saw a photo of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in the newspapers yesterday. The lady is at least two inches taller than her beau. To top it she was wearing heels. I don't know their domestic scenario, but Cruise did not look insecure at all.
Of late, many Hindi movies are casting heroines who visibly taller than the hero. SRK leads the group. His first 'taller-than-him' heroine was Shilpa Shetty (Baazigar) then came Sushmita Sen (Main Hoon Na). There are scenes where Deepika Padukone towers over SRK in Om Shanti Om, even though Farah Khan has tried intelligent camera angles. More recently, Anushka Sharma in Rab Ne. I guess SRK has some lofty schemes in mind!!
Salman Khan is just half an inch shorter than Katrina Kaif, but with six inches stilettos, Sallu Mamu looks stunted. Aamir has not been so lucky, and he makes sure he looks down upon his leading ladies. The only hero who still towers over heriones is Abhishek Bachchan.
Are tall men getting extinct? Or are women getting taller. Given my experience, I have seen tall men mostly in the North of India.
That brings me to the second part - are short men insecure about taller women? And would tall women like to be associated with short men? Or are women still guided by Mills & Boon fantasies?!!
I remember noticing an acquaintance never dancing with his wife in a party etc. Not that his wife was taller than him, they are of the same height, but the lady would be wearing heels mostly.
Movies and actors set trends for clothes, make-up etc. I wonder if the trend of ‘tall women and short men’ will also catch up in India. Though I cannot imagine a short Big B and a tall Jaya Bachchan!!!