Pooja Banerjee to Disha Vakani: Actresses who shot for their TV shows during pregnancy

While actresses like Kareena Kapoor Khan and Neha Dhupia are setting trends and inspiring women across the globe to work during their pregnancy, not many know that leading ladies from the Hindi TV industry have done this and resumed back after delivering their kids. From Smriti Irani, Disha Vakani to Gautami Kapoor, the list is quite long, these female actors worked everyday till their third trimester to provide daily dose of entertainment to the TV audience. (Photo: Instagram)

The actress, who is currently seen in Kumkum Bhagya, is seven months pregnant and continues to shoot in these critical times. She has not taken a break after learning about her pregnancy and has been shooting for her daily soap. Though the actress has reduced her working hours, she continues to shoot as she likes working rather than sitting idle at home. The production house also makes sure to take good care of Pooja and the mommy-to-be also takes extra care owing to the scenario. (Photo: Instagram)

The actress once revealed on social media account that she was pregnant when she was shooting for Naagin 5. Anita was carrying her baby and she managed to keep it a secret from everyone back then. Nobody on the sets got any hint. Anita shared a selfie from the shoot day and wrote that time has flown by, but she has mixed emotions and mood swings now. "Initial days when no one had a clue Dammnnn time is flying by ....#MixedEmotions also #MoodSwings", read her Instagram post. (Photo: Instagram)

Popularly known as Daya Ben from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Disha Vakani also shot for her TV show during her pregnancy. She shot for the show till her third trimester and later went on a maternity break. To justify her break on the show, Daya was shown to have gone away to stay with her mother. Disha was heavily pregnant, but she continued to shoot till her eighth month. She was blessed with a baby girl in 2017. (Photo: Instagram)

The actress-turned-politician became a household name after playing the role of television's iconic bahu, Tulsi Virani from Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhu Thi. The daily soap successfully ran for 8 long years. During the course of the show, Smriti got married and later got pregnant. And if reports are to be believed, the actress shot till the last day of her pregnancy. While talking to the media, producer of the show Ekta Kapoor revealed that Smriti worked till the end. In fact, not many are aware that she even shot on the day of her marriage. (Photo: Instagram)

The popular actress, who replaced Smriti Irani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was also pregnant during the making of the show. As per reports in the media, producer of Kyunki, Ekta wanted to bring back Gautami on the show after her exit but she couldn’t as she was pregnant. The actress had confirmed the news to the TimesofIndia that her pregnancy was confirmed on the last day of her shoot in Kyunki while her track was being wrapped up. (Photo: Instagram)

Another actress from the Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi team worked during the pregnancy. Komalika is famous as Gayatri Virani from the very popular show. She also shot for the show like co-star Smriti during her pregnancy. The actress resumed Kyunki after her delivery and in an old interview she had told TOI, “My mom has come down to stay with us. And I make at least 20 calls every day to check if everything is fine (smiles).” (Photo: Instagram)

The Qubool Hai actress is popularly known for portraying negative characters. Amrapali was roped in to play a negative role in Adhuri Kahaani Humari. As she was seven months pregnant, her character of a snake-woman was also shown to be pregnant. (Photo: Instagram)

Nakuul Mehta aka Shivaay’s on-screen mother Pinky aka Nitika Anand Mukherjee from TV show Ishqbaaz shot for it during her pregnancy. She later went on her maternity break. Nitika shot for the show till her third trimester. The actress mostly wore loose outfits in order to hide her baby bump on the show. The actress got married to Indrajit Mukherjee in 2006. (Photo: Instagram)

Better known as Meenakshi from Diya Aur Baati Hum, Kanika Maheshwari gave birth to a baby boy on April 3, 2015. The actress, who played the role of a mother to a baby girl, was also shown pregnant with her second child, in the daily soap. She shot for the show until her third trimester. (Photo: Instagram)

Hritu Dudani, who played the protagonist in Pavitra Bandhan, also shot for the show while she was pregnant. The actress got married to director Noel Smith in 2015. Hritu shot for the show till her third trimester. (Photo: Instagram)