Konkona Sen Sharma & Mahima Chaudhry

Whether to become a mother before marriage or not? The debate is an old one and opinions are many. Single motherhood has been legalised since long. However, rigid societal norms do not buy everything that the law enforces. Even today, motherhood is more of a society’s choice than that of a woman. Single mothers often undergo ill social treatments and harassment.

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However, it takes someone to initiate the new and break the barriers. Even in Bollywood, time and again, actresses have embraced motherhood without feeling the need of getting married. Such ladies are surely an inspiration for many who want to ‘choose’ motherhood without being compelled to get married.

Here are five such actresses who conceived before they got married. Check out.