Education
Film and Television Institute of India.
Film and Television Institute of India.
Asha was an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and joined Bollywood. She began her career in a low-budget film Double Cross in 1972 wherein she played a bold and dynamic role. Somehow the image stuck and thereafter she was offered only supporting and bold characters.
Her bare dare appearance in red hot pants in the Navin Nishchol-Rekha star thriller Woh Main Nahin (1974) created a storm and she was flooded with item dance offers and vamp roles.
In the role which she wore a simple saree and was bespectacled throughout the film. Some of her notable films are Satte Pe Satta, and Duniya meri jeb mein, Judaai, Premrog.
She was seen playing character roles in films like Fiza, Aghaaz, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom & Aaja Nachle. In television, she worked in early soap opera, Buniyaad (1986), and in 2008, she also appeared in television series, Jugni Chali Jalandhar on SAB television, with actor Ranjeet.