Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian soap opera actress. She is best known to television audiences for her role as the scheming aunt Jigyaasa in Kasamh Se.
Ashwini Kalsekar was born in Jan 22 1970 in Mumbai in Maharashtra. Her
father Anil Kalsekar was a Bank employee. Ashwini studied her B.A. from
Bombay and graduated in 1991. She pursued theatre from 1991-1994 as an
understudy, her most famous period being from 1992-1993 when she was an
understudy to famous actress Neena Gupta. She also trained under Muzammeel Vakil, the famous theatre acting coach from 1992-1995. Ashwini is a trained Kathak dancer.
In 1996, Ashwini found a break in Marathi film Tula Jhapar La in a small role of a tough prostitute.
This was followed by a number of important films in Marathi where she
played supporting actress including Dr. Vasant Deshmane and Neta Varla.
She started her television career in the mid-1990s with serials such as Shanti, C.I.D., Anjaane, Siddhant and K. Street Pali Hill before she bagged her biggest role, that of Jigyaasa (Bani's tormentor) in Kasamh Se for which she won the ITA award for Best actor in a negative role.
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