Over the years Ashwini Kalsekar has established herself as a powerhouse performer of the small screen by portraying different shades with much enthusiasm and vigor. To top it up she is also a very active participant in theatrical activities and is a trained classical dancer. She is at her bitchiest best in the most popular soap of the recent times, `Kasamh Se` where she enacts the character of Jigyasa, the sister of the male protagonist Jai Walia (played by Ram Kapoor). She tries all possible ways to make the life of three sisters miserable, especially that of Bani, the female protagonist. She does not even care about her daughter-in-law much but is shown very possessive towards her son. She is also the constant fear factor in the whole house and is shown always as a dominating character.

Ashwini Kalsekar had proved her mettle as an actress by appearing in many popular soaps like `Kitty Party`, `K Street Pali Hill`, `C.I.D.`, `Jeete Hai Jiske Liye` and `Virrudh`. In `Jeete Hai Jiske Liye` she plays a completely black character named Adira whose only ambition is to rule the whole empire and for this purpose she has gone out of her way to widen the gap between Aman and Ashmit so that she can take full scope of the situation and also the advantage of their mutual fight. Her cunning plots and schemes prevent the female protagonist Anjali from conceiving and giving birth to an heir.

In the other popular soap `Virrudh` which is aired on Sony Television she works in the newspaper of Dhirendra Raisinghania and was used by him whenever needed after that she was ignored completely when the latter reached the summit of success. She plans to take revenge from him whenever she gets the chance. The Balaji thriller `K Street Pali Hill` also saw her in a multiple shades, a mixture of both good and bad. In this she was shown shattered by the dispute in her marital life but still manages to bring a smile to others face. In the serial `Parivaar` she also did a very interesting cameo.

The character shown was very calm and quiet and also gave her chance to do something new. Her cop role in `C.I.D` and the ACP character in `Siddhant` were also appreciated very much by the small screen audiences. She was very confident in carrying it off and also does not mind playing a double role in future. She claims that she would love to work with one of the finest Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and also with the Bachhan Family.

Ashwini Kalsekar also plans to woo the audiences of the silver screen by her powerful performances. She has already finished two films directed by Vikram Bhatt; one is `Ankahee` for Pritish Nandy Communications and another for Harry Baweja. She has also appeared in a brief role in Jhamu Sughand`s `Johnny Gaddar` where she plays the wife of Vinay Pathak along with other powerful star cast like Dharmendra. She was also seen in a very performance oriented role in the Bollywood chartbuster `Aashiq Bana Apne`. She had also been working for a film by Neeraj Vora titled `Kya Family Hai` with starcast like Arjun Rampal and Dia Mirza.

In this film she will be seen in a powerful role again. In addition to this she has done an eight-minute festival film on the Godha riots with Anushree Basu. In this film she plays a Muslim woman who was gang-raped. A film by Sejal Shah is also an addition in the list of her achievement kitty. Her splendid performances in all the movies and soaps have earned her much acclaim. She is adored in the film industry for her inimitable roles and her undisputable capability of portraying both bad and good characters. She takes every role as a challenge and desires to give her viewers something new every time they see her. She not only receives positive feedback from the people of India but her characters are also very popular in U.S.A and London. Her fans expect her to see in more poignant roles in the near future and alsp hopes that she will continue her brilliant work in the future as well.