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Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television actor, anchor and the winner of first season of Indian Idol.[1] He was the first runner up of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star and finished third in Asian Idol.[2][3][4]

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Abhijeet Sawant
Background information
Born	(1981-10-07) 7 October 1981 (age 41) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actor, Anchor
Years active	2005–present

Early life

Sawant was born on 7 October 1981. He grew up in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra and developed an interest in music. After graduating from Chetana College of Commerce & Economics, Sawant became keen on joining and working in the music industry.[5]

Career

Singing

Abhijeet Sawant won the first season of Indian Idol, an adaptation of the Pop Idol format, in 2004. His first solo album, Aapka Abhijeet Sawant, was released on 7 April 2005. That year he also did playback singing in the movie Aashiq Banaya Aapne, performing the song Mar Jaawan Mit Jaawan.[6]

His second album, Junoon, was released on 10 July 2007. The title track charted in India.[7]

Abhijeet Sawant was a finalist of Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on Star Plus in 2008. The show was a competition between the winners and runners-up of various singing reality shows on Indian television. Sawant became the first runner up of the show.

He released his third studio album in 2013 which was titled Farida.[8][9]

Acting

Sawant made his acting debut in the movie Lottery in 2009.[10] He also made a small appearance at the end of film Tees Maar Khan.

He made a special appearance as himself in the romantic drama series Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai and thriller crime series C.I.D.

Other

Sawant and his wife Shilpa participated in the Dancing Reality Show Nach Baliye (Season 4) in (2008–2009). They were eliminated after facing public votes.[11]

He co-hosted Indian Idol 5 along with Hussain Kuwajerwala.

He has joined the Shiv Sena with a mandate to attract youth to the party fold.[12][13]

In 2010, he was arrested in charges of a hit and run case.[14][15] Although he denied it and said he was not drunk during accident.[16]

Discography

Original Albums

1. Aap Kaa Abhijeet Sawant — 2005, Sony BMG Music India
2. Junoon — 2007, Sony BMG Music India
3. Farida — 2013, Universal Music India
4. Fakira — 2018, Universal music India

As playback singer

As singer

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Co-singer(s)
2005	"Mar Jaavan Mit Jaavan"	Aashiq Banaya Aapne	Himesh Reshammiya	Sunidhi Chauhan
2006	"Yaad Teri Yaad"	Jawani Diwani - A Youthful Joyride	Sajid–Wajid	Shreya Ghoshal
2010	"Happy Ending"	Tees Maar Khan	Vishal–Shekhar	Harshit Saxena, Debojit Saha, Prajakta Shukre
2012	"Bechain Sapne"	Chittagong	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
2014	"Sar Sukhachi Shravani"	Mangalashtak Once More	Nilesh Moharir	Bela Shende
2014	"Beating Beating"	Ishq Wala Love	S. J. Surya	Neha Rajpal, Kriti Killedar
2015	"Ye Na"	Baji	Atif Afzal
2016	"Sau Tarah Ke Revisited"	Dishoom	Pritam	Aditi Singh Sharma
	"Ishqa"			Antara Mitra
2017	"Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna"	"Single"	Shomu Seal	None
2017	"Rangreza"	"Duet"	Sukumar Dutta	Pragya Patra

Filmography

• Lottery (2009) as Rohit Awasthi
• Tees Maar Khan (2010) as Himself (Special appearance)

Television

• Indian Idol (2004–2005) as Contestant (Winner)
• Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai (2005) as Himself[17]
• C.I.D (2005) as Himself
• Asian Idol (2007) as Contestant
• Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star as Contestant
• Nach Baliye (2008–2009) as Contestant
• Indian Idol 5 (2010) as Host
• Comedy Circus (2011) as Contestant
• Comedy Nights with Kapil (2015) as Singer
• Love Me India (2018) as Mentor

References

External links

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