Abhijeet Sawant

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Abhijeet Sawant
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Born (1981-10-07) 7 October 1981 (age 43)
Nationality Indian
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer
Years active2004–present
Known for
Spouse
Shilpa Edvankar
(m. 2007)
Children2
Musical career
Genres Indian pop
playback singing
InstrumentVocal
LabelsAbhijeet Sawant

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] He was also the first runner up of Bigg Boss Marathi 5 . [5]

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Early life

Sawant was born on 7 October 1981. He grew up in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra and developed an interest in music. Sawant has revealed that he was not a good student academically, and it was his uncle, a professional artist who guided Sawant in finding his career path. While working on his music career, he studied sound engineering, and IT at University of Mumbai. [6] After graduating from Chetana College of Commerce & Economics, Sawant joined the music industry. [7]

Career

Singing

Abhijeet Sawant won the 1st 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. [8]

His second album, Junoon, was released on 10 July 2007. The title track charted in India. [9]

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. [10] [11]

Acting

Sawant made his acting debut in the movie Lottery in 2009. [12] 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. [13]

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. [14] [15]

In 2024, he was the runner-up in the Bigg Boss Marathi season 5.

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
YearSongFilmComposerCo-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, Kirti 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 SealNone
2017"Rangreza""Duet"Sukumar DuttaPragya Patra
2019"Tera Rishta"“Single” Shahzeb Tejani Shahzeb Tejani
2023"Tum Ho Nazmm Hamaarii" Moods with Melodies Himesh Reshammiya None

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Lottery Rohit Awasthi [16]
2010 Tees Maar Khan HimselfSpecial appearance

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 - 2005 Indian Idol ContestantWinner [17]
2005 Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai Himself [18]
CID
2007 Asian Idol Contestant [19]
2008 Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star Runner-up
2008 - 2009 Nach Baliye
2010 Indian Idol 5 Host
2011 Comedy Circus Contestant
2015 Comedy Nights With Kapil Himself
2018 Love Me India Mentor
2024 Bigg Boss Marathi 5 Contestant1st Runner-up [20]

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