Ashwini Bhave

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e her debut on Marathi theatre as a profession artist with the play Marathi stage play ‘Gaganbhedi’ and toured many parts of the world, with the group. Later she did many plays like drama Purush, Lagnachi Bedi etc. She won Maharashtra State Govt Award as Best Actress for act in the play Purush.

Ashwini Bhave created sensation in Marathi cinema After theatre, Ashwini Bhave made her debut in the world of acting through the science-fiction Hindi television show, Antariksh on Doordarshan. Later Ashwini Bhave created ripples in Marathi cinema in the late 80’s with her debut Marathi film Shabbas Sunbai (1989). Just as Hema Malini created sensation in Bollywood in the 70’s similarly Ashwini Bhave made box office tinkle with all her films doing roaring business. Films like Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (1989), Kalat Nakalat (1989), Dhadakebaaz (1990), Ahuti (1994) etc. She worked with top Marathi legends like Nilu Phule, Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde, Vikram Gokhale , Mohan Agashe, Ramesh Bhatkar, Sachin Khedekar, Nana Patekar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar etc. For the film Ahuti (1994) she won Maharashtra State Govt Award as Best Actress. Ashwini Bhave was introduced in Bollywood by Raj Kapoor Ashwini Bhave was discovered by Bollywood showman Raj Kapoor in his hit film Heena. She played heroine opposite Rishi Kapoor. The film was hit and opened doors for her in Hindi cinema. She worked with Bollywood doyen Yash Chopra’s Parampara, T-Series Monarch Gulshan Kumar Meera Ka Mohan (with Avinash Wadhawan), Sainik (With Akshay Kumar), Bandhan (With Salman Khan), Yugpurush (With Jackie Sharoof and Nana Patekar) etc. In a bid to archive success, Ashwini Bhave even did seductive scenes and wore glamorous attire in commercial films like Cheetah (With Mithun Chakraborty film), Honeymoon (With Rishi Kapoor), Ekka Raja Rani (with Govinda), etc. but failed. Few are aware that Ashwini Bhave also acted with Bollywood legend Om Puri and Irrfan Khan in the Hindi remake of her Marathi drama Purush. The Hindi version was also titled Purush but unlike the Marathi drama, which created multiple records, the Hindi film failed to attract film audience. Since none of her film was hit hence disappointed Ashwini Bhave quit Bollywood. Ashwini Bhave even tried to win success in South films Hungry for success Ashwini Bhave even did South film like she starred in a Kannada film called Vishnu-Vijaya, in 1993 and Rangena Halliyage Rangada Rangegowda, in 1997. Ashwini Bhave made a comeback as film producer While at USA Ashwini Bhave did a 4 yrs degree course in ‘Motion Film and Television’ from California University in 2002. As part of her course she made a documentary film on Maharashtra’s famous traditional Warli Art named Warali Art & Culture. It won her fame at US and her film was shown in MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival) 2002. This gave her confidence and when she heard the script of Kadachit from Chandrakant Kulkarni, famous Marathi drama and film director - writer, she decided to produce the film. Her other Marathi film on come back are Aajcha Divas Majha (2013), Manjha (2017), Dhyanimani (2017) etc