Bhave was first noticed on television in a Hindi Sci-Fi serial Antariksh. She later portrayed the lead heroine in Marathi films such as Dhadakebaaz, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi and Kalat Nakalat opposite top Marathi movie stars like Laxmikant Berde, Ashok Saraf, Sachin and Vikram Gokhale.

Her career spans over 40 films with several critically acclaimed performances in films such as Kalat Nakalat, Ahuti, Ashi Hi Banawa Banvi, Bhairavi, Purush, and the film, Heena by R.K. Productions. Subsequently she starred in other Hindi movies such as Meera Ka Mohan, Honeymoon, Sainik and Bandhan. Bhave again switched over to television and Marathi movies. In 1993, she performed in the Kannada film Vishnu-Vijaya directed by Keshu starring South Indian Super Star Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Akshay Kumar(her co-star in Sainik), Ashutosh Rana and others.^[6] In 1997 she acted in V. Manohar's directorial Kannada film Rangenahalliyage Rangada Rangegowda starring another Kannada's legendary star, Ex-MP and the present Karnataka State's Housing Minister Dr.Ambareesh and Super Star Ramesh Aravind.

Bhave also played the lead role in a famous Marathi stage play Lagnachi Bedi (The Handcuffs of Marriage). In 1993, she played the character of a mother to Saif Ali Khan in the Yash Chopra movie Parampara. She later acted in a television mega-serial Yugpurush.

She was born in mumbai in 1966. Passed std 12 th in June 1982 from sadhana vidyalaya, sion. Ashwini is married to software engineer, Kishore Bopardikar and settled in San Francisco.^[7] In 2007, she made a comeback as a producer and lead actress in the Marathi language movie Kadachit, which was shown in both Maharashtra and the US.^{[citation needed]}

Hindi films

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Marathi films

Kannada films

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