Ashwini Kalsekar
Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry.
Ashwini Kalsekar | |
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Kalsekar in 2013 | |
| Born | 1970 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Her role Jigyasa Walia in Kasamh Se and Maham Anga in Jodha Akbar |
| Notable work | Pam Khanna in Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar Saudamini in Kavach... Kaali Shaktiyon Se |
| Spouse(s) |
Nitesh Pandey
(m. 1998; div. 2002)Murali Sharma (m. 2009) |
| Parent | Anil Kalsekar (father) |
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. She also played popular negative roles as Jigyasa Walia in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kasamh Se, 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.