5 actresses who took a long maternity leave to enjoy motherhood

These celeb mums know that having hired help doesn't always work and you have to care for your kids, sometimes at the cost of your career.

5 Actresses Who Took A Long Sabbatical At The Peak Of Their Careers To Raise Their Kids

Celebrity or not, you have to raise your children on your own. Hired help and nanny can only teach your kids so much and as a mother you have to step in and teach your kids the values they need to learn.

But sometimes it also means sacrificing your career and focussing only on your kid. And it seems these celeb mums have done just that. But let's not forget they also made a glamourous comeback into their movies.

Click' Start Gallery' to know how and when these famous left the scene for their kids and how they made their comebacks.

Juhi Chawla

Juhi Chawla was 90s biggest superstar, but she left the scene at the peak of her career to take of her daughter Jhanvi born in 2001 and then son Arjun born in 2003.

She stayed relatively away from the limelight and did a fairly light amount of work till she made her biggest commercial comeback film 11 years later in Gulaab Gang.

Kajol Devgan

In 1999, Kajol got hitched to her love and co-star Ajay Devgan. And while she continued to act in movies, it was only after the birth of her daughter Nysa in 2003 that she decided to take it easy.

Kajol took a three-year break post Nysa's birth and came back to the big screen with Fanaa in 2006.

But in 2010 Kajol went took another 5-year sabbatical after the birth of son Yug, only to comeback in 2015 with Dilwale.

Madhuri Dixit Nene

The gorgeous Madhuri Dixit Nene went missing from the movie-making business soon after her wedding Dr Ram Nene in 1999.

After living a life of oblivion and having spent some time with her sons Arin (2003) and Raayan (2005), the Tezaab actress decided to comeback and do what she does best!

The actor with a megawatt smile made her comeback in 2007 with Aaja Nachle and moved back to Mumbai permanently with her family in 2011.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan broke many hearts when she married co-star Abhishek Bachchan in 2007.

But the gorgeous actor continued to mesmerise her fans onscreen till she became a mum in 2011. Post the birth of Aaradhya, Aishwarya took a four-year long break only to comeback with the 2015 action-thriller Jazbaa.

Sridevi Kapoor

Sridevi was at the peak of her career when she married producer Boney Kapoor in 1996. The next year, she became a proud mum to Jhanvi (1997) and then in 2000 to her second daughter Khushi.

She took almost a 15-year break before finally appearing to the big screen with the hit flick English Vinglish in 2012.

Read: In Pics: Are these celeb mums all set for a second pregnancy?