Following the birth of her child, Kapoor was persuaded by her husband to return to acting.
She was keen to work on a project that would accommodate her parental commitments and found it in Shashanka Ghosh's Veere Di Wedding (2018), a female buddy film co-starring Sonam K Ahuja, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania.
Initially approached for the project in 2016, the makers rewrote Kapoor's role to accommodate her pregnancy, but the lack of maternity insurance in India led filming to begin after she gave birth.
She liked the idea of telling a "story of friendship and love through a female perspective", which she believed was rare in Hindi film, and was pleased to work with three other leading ladies.
Anna M. M. Vetticad praised the film for portraying women with "agency, flaws, humanity and, above all, a sense of humour", and took note of Kapoor's "neatly restrained performance".
With a worldwide gross of over ₹1.38 billion (US$19 million), Veere Di Wedding emerged as one of the highest-grossing female-led Hindi films.

A year later, Kapoor reteamed with Akshay Kumar in Good Newwz (2019), a comedy about two couples tryst with in vitro fertilisation.
Reviewing the film for Mint, Udita Jhunjunwala wrote, "It’s hard to keep your eyes off Kapoor Khan and her performance as a working woman aching to have a baby draws you in further."
For her performance, she received Best Actress nominations at Filmfare, IIFA and Zee Cine Awards.
It earned over ₹3 billion (US$42 million) worldwide to emerge as the fifth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year.
She next agreed to a supporting role in the comedy-drama Angrezi Medium (2020) alongside Irrfan Khan and Dimple Kapadia.
A spiritual sequel to Hindi Medium, it marked Khan's final release, whom Kapoor deeply admired, before his death in April 2020.
She explained her choice of this part as a deliberate attempt to move away from her comfort zone and filmed her role in 10 days while she was accompanying her husband on his film shoot in London.
The feature released in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its commercial performance was affected due to the closing of the cinemas.
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in commended her "ability to glitter in a handful of moments", but Vinayak Chakravorty for Outlook thought that the portions involving Kapoor were inessential to the story.

Kapoor will next team with Aamir Khan for the third time in Laal Singh Chaddha, a remake of the American comedy-drama Forrest Gump (1994).
She will also portray the Mughal princess Jahanara Begum in Karan Johar's directorial venture Takht, a historical drama featuring an ensemble cast, including Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, and Alia Bhatt.
Following the birth of her child, Kapoor was persuaded by her husband to return to acting. She was keen to work on a project that would accommodate her parental commitments and found it in Shashanka Ghosh's Veere Di Wedding (2018), a female buddy film co-starring Sonam K Ahuja, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania. Initially approached for the project in 2016, the makers rewrote Kapoor's role to accommodate her pregnancy, but the lack of maternity insurance in India led filming to begin after she gave birth. She liked the idea of telling a "story of friendship and love through a female perspective", which she believed was rare in Hindi film, and was pleased to work with three other leading ladies. Anna M. M. Vetticad praised the film for portraying women with "agency, flaws, humanity and, above all, a sense of humour", and took note of Kapoor's "neatly restrained performance". With a worldwide gross of over ₹1.38 billion (US$19 million), Veere Di Wedding emerged as one of the highest-grossing female-led Hindi films.
A year later, Kapoor reteamed with Akshay Kumar in Good Newwz (2019), a comedy about two couples tryst with in vitro fertilisation. Reviewing the film for Mint, Udita Jhunjunwala wrote, "It’s hard to keep your eyes off Kapoor Khan and her performance as a working woman aching to have a baby draws you in further." For her performance, she received Best Actress nominations at Filmfare, IIFA and Zee Cine Awards. It earned over ₹3 billion (US$42 million) worldwide to emerge as the fifth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. She next agreed to a supporting role in the comedy-drama Angrezi Medium (2020) alongside Irrfan Khan and Dimple Kapadia. A spiritual sequel to Hindi Medium, it marked Khan's final release, whom Kapoor deeply admired, before his death in April 2020. She explained her choice of this part as a deliberate attempt to move away from her comfort zone and filmed her role in 10 days while she was accompanying her husband on his film shoot in London. The feature released in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its commercial performance was affected due to the closing of the cinemas. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in commended her "ability to glitter in a handful of moments", but Vinayak Chakravorty for Outlook thought that the portions involving Kapoor were inessential to the story.
Kapoor will next team with Aamir Khan for the third time in Laal Singh Chaddha, a remake of the American comedy-drama Forrest Gump (1994). She will also portray the Mughal princess Jahanara Begum in Karan Johar's directorial venture Takht, a historical drama featuring an ensemble cast, including Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, and Alia Bhatt.
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