Indian singer and television anchor

Musical artist

Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television actor, anchor and the winner of Indian Idol (Season 1). He was the first runner up of Clinic All Clear – Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar and finished third in Asian Idol.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
  • 2.1 Singing
  • 2.2 Acting
  • 2.3 Other
• 3 Discography
• 4 As playback singer
• 5 Television
• 6 Filmography
• 7 References
• 8 External links

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.

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 Marjawaan Mitjawaan.

His second album, Junoon, was released on 10 July 2007. The *le track charted in India.

Abhijeet Sawant was a finalist of Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on Star Plus in 2008. The show was a compe*ion 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 *led Farida.

Acting

Sawant made his acting debut in the movie Lottery in 2009. 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.

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.

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

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

Television

1. C.I.D. (Indian TV series)
2. Comedy Circus, Sony Entertainment Television
3. Nach Baliye, Star Plus
4. Hosted Indian Idol 5, Sony Entertainment Television
5. Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai as Special Appearance,Sony Entertainment Television
6. Comedy Nights with Kapil as Singer
7. Love Me India as a mentor of west zone he represent maharashtra kids singer .

Filmography

1. Lottery as the main lead-2009
2. Tees Maar Khan Special Appearance

References

External links

• Official website