Ashwini Kalsekar

Ashwini Kalsekar
Kalsekar in 2013
Born
EducationBachelor of Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Known forHer role Jigyasa Walia in Kasamh Se and Maham Anga in Jodha Akbar
Notable workPam Khanna in Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar
Saudamini in Kavach... Kaali Shaktiyon Se
Spouse(s)
(m. 1998; div. 2002)

(m. 2009)
ParentAnil Kalsekar (father)

Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry.

She is known mostly for her collaboration with Hindi movies directors Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, and Ram Gopal Varma. She played a cop in the popular TV show CID. Her first lead role on television came in 1999 when she starred in Zee TV's popular science fiction comedy serial Mr. Gayab. Her villainous outing as Shalaka Catwoman in the children's superhero serial Shaktimaan made her popular as the first Indian Catwoman.She also played role in achanak 37 saal baad in Sony tv year 2004 [citation needed]. She also played popular negative roles as Jigyasa Walia in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kasamh Se,[1] Sikka Thakuriaan in Afsar Bitiya, Maham Anga in Jodha Akbar and Saudamini, an evil witch, in Kavach. She also featured as a judge in the Marathi reality show "Fu bai fu" in 2011.

She debuted in Tollywood like her husband Murali Sharma with Badrinath. Since 2019, she focused on OTT with Zee5's series "Chargesheet: The Shuttlecock Murder", in the MX Player web series "Cheesecake" as Chaaru, an animal communicator, which premiered in December 2019, in 36 Farmhouse on Zee5 and in the Hotstar Specials show Rudra: The Edge of Darkness.

  1. ^ "Jaya is a pal: Ashwini Kalsekar". The Times of India. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2015.