Seven Bollywood Heroines Taller Than Their Heroes
Many actresses like Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif are bigger than many male stars.
There was a time in Bollywood where heroines should not be bigger than their heroes. In fact, if an actress, no matter how good she was or how good her game was, was too big, she had a hard time finding a job in Bollywood.
However, in the current times, things have changed a lot and have changed for the better. Today, most leading actresses like Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif are taller than many male stars and have no problem sharing screen space with them. Bollywood as a whole has become much more complacent when it comes to the perception of heroines. Let's take a look at some heroines who worked in movies where the heroes were shorter than them.
Deepika Padukone stands out with a height of 1.74 m. She has worked with Shahrukh Khan in two films, Om Shanti Om and Happy New Year, which is a little smaller than she at a height of 1.73 m. She has also worked with Saif Ali Khan in such films as Cocktail, Love Aaj Kal and Saif is much shorter than she at a height of 1.7 m.
Anushka Sharma, as Deepika was a model before entering Bollywood. She is very tall with a height of 1.75m and worked with a much shorter Salman Khan (1.7m) at Sultan last year. She has also made films with SRK like Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Jab Tak Hai Jaan, who is also a little smaller than her with a height of 1.73 m.
Katrina Kaif is one of the beautiful actresses of Bollywood and is really tall with a height of 1.73 m. She has worked with the three Khans, Aamir Khan (1.65 m), Salman Khan (1.7) and Shahrukh Khan (1.73 m), two of whom are inferior, except SRK has the same height as her. She also worked with Saif Ali Khan on Phantom, which is also smaller than she is 1.7 meters tall.
Sonam Kapoor is another great Bollywood woman who is extremely tall with a height of 1.75 m. She has worked with Salman Khan in Saawariya and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and is smaller than her with a height of 1.7 m.
Sushmita Sen was one of the few women leaders in the 90s who was really tall with a height of 1.75 m. She has worked with SRK and Salman in films like Main Hoon Na. Maine Pyaar Kyun Kia and Biwi No. 1. While SRK is 1.73m, Salman is even shorter with a height of 1.7m.
Tabu was another Bollywood hero in the 90s who was very tall with a height of 1.74 m. She was an actress in the art house, but in one of the commercial movies, he was in the 90s Saajan Chale Sasural, was higher than his main hero, Govinda, who had a height of 1.73 m.
Shilpa Shetty was another high-actress of the 90s with a height of 1.74 m, who worked with Shahrukh Khan in Baazigar. It was a little smaller than it with a height of 1.73 m. He also worked with Salman Khan in films like Auzaar and he was much smaller than she at a height of 1.7m.