Ashwini Bhave is a famous actress who mainly appears in Marathi films. She was born in a Maharashtrian Kokanastha Brahmin family. She was born and brought up in Chunabhatti , Mumbai. She has mainly contributed to Marathi cinema and later worked in some Hindi films.
Ashwini was first noticed on the Hindi Sci-Fi Tv serial 'Antariksh'. She later played the lead roles in the Marathi films like 'Sarkarnama' ,'Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi' ,'Kalat Nakalat' ,'Ahuti' ,'Ek Ratra Mantarleli' ,'Shabbas Sunbai' ,'Halad Rusli Kunku Hasla' , 'Dhadakebaaz' etc. In the 90s era, the talented actress was considered as the top actress of the Marathi Cinema.
In 1991, when Ashwini was experiencing the peak of her stardom, she entered Bollywood with Rishi Kapoor in 'Henna' directed by Randhir Kapoor. She was seen in other movies like 'Sainik' ,'Bandhan' ,'Meera Ka Mohan', 'Honeymoon' , 'Parampara' ,'Cheetah' etc. but none of these were that successful. So she switched over Marathi films. She also was a part of a famous Marathi theatre play 'Lagnachi Bedi'. Ashwin has acted in one Kannada film as well.
Ashwini got married to the software engineer Kishore Bopardikar and shifted to San Fransisco. The couple has two sons. In 2007, Ashwini again made a comeback in the film industry with a Marathi movie named 'Kadachit'. Recently she was seen with Sachin Khedekar in the movie 'Aajcha Diwas Majha', a film by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
While in US, Ashwini Bhave was friends with Madhuri Dixit.