# Abhijeet Sawant

Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television actor, anchor and the winner of first season of Indian Idol. He was the first runner up of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star and finished third in Asian Idol. He was also the first runner up of Bigg Boss Marathi 5.

## 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. After graduating from Chetana College of Commerce & Economics, Sawant joined the music industry.

## 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.
His second album, Junoon, was released on 10 July 2007. The title 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 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.

### 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 2024, he competed and finished as the runner-up of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 5.
In 2025, he competed on Celebrity MasterChef India where he was the second person to be eliminated.

## Road incident in 2010

In 2010, Sawant and his friend Prajakta Shukre (with three other aspiring singers) were driving their individual cars in Santa Cruz (Mumbai), returning from a singers' meet. Shukre's car rammed into a scooter injuring two people. As public gathered, Sawant came out to help his friend. But an angry mob beat him. Later, police arrived rescuing them from mob.

## Discography

Original Albums
* Aap Kaa Abhijeet Sawant — 2005, Sony BMG Music India
* Junoon — 2007, Sony BMG Music India
* Farida — 2013, Universal Music India
* 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, Kirti Killedar |
| 2015 | "Ye Na" | Baji | Atif Afzal | |
| 2016 | "Sau Tarah Ke Revisited" | Dishoom | Pritam | Aditi Singh Sharma |
| 2016 | "Ishqa" | Dishoom | Pritam | Antara Mitra |
| 2017 | "Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna" | "Single" | Shomu Seal | None |
| 2017 | "Rangreza" | "Duet" | Sukumar Dutta | Pragya Patra |
| 2019 | "Tera Rishta" | “Single” | Shahzeb Tejani | Shahzeb Tejani |
| 2023 | "Tum Ho Nazmm Hamaarii" | Moods with Melodies | Himesh Reshammiya | None |

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Lottery | Rohit Awasthi | |
| 2010 | Tees Maar Khan | Himself | Special appearance |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 - 2005 | Indian Idol | Contestant | Winner |
| 2005 | Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai | Himself | |
| 2005 | CID | Himself | |
| 2007 | Asian Idol | Contestant | Third Place |
| 2008 | Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star | Contestant | Runner-up |
| 2008 - 2009 | Nach Baliye | Contestant | 13th Place |
| 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 | Contestant | 1st Runner-up |
| 2025 | Celebrity MasterChef India | Contestant | 11th Place |