India, Sept. 13 -- Motherhood is no longer necessarily a pause button on an actor's career. While some women return to work within months of having a child, others take years to find the right project or simply wait until they feel ready - but increasingly, the decision is being made on their own terms. From Kiara Advani shooting portions of Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups while pregnant to Parineeti Chopra continuing to work through her pregnancy, Richa Chadha consciously taking time off after welcoming her daughter and Bipasha Basu returning to the screen after a longer gap, these actors are showing that there is no single timeline for a post-motherhood comeback.

Kiara Advani

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra welcomed their first c...