Abhijeet Sawant

Abhijeet Sawant (born October 7, 1981, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a television actor, playback singer, writer and Composer who mainly rose to fame as the winner of the first season of Indian Idol.

Abhijeet Sawant Biography | Wiki

What is the age of Abhijeet Sawant? His age is 43 years (as of 2024) He was born 7 October 1981 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Abhijeet celebrates his birthday every year on the 7th of October with his family, relatives and share the pic of Instagram.

He has massive fan following on the social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. This article will fulfill all your queries about Abhijeet Sawant.

Religion and Nationality

Coming to the religious believes, Abhijeet Sawant follows Hinduism and his nationality is Indian. Abhijeet’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to The Times of India, Librans are extroverted, cosy, and friendly people.

Physical Stats

When it comes to physical appearance and stats, Abhijeet Sawant’s height is 5 feet 8 inches and his weight is 75 kg. He has an attractive personality and lovely appearance with black eyes, stylish black hair with slim fit body. He also has good communication skills.

Abhijeet Sawant Education Qualification

Abhijeet Sawant completed his primary school education from Raje Shivaji Vidyalaya, Mumbai and for higher studies he joined Chetna College, Bandra, Mumbai. Abhijeet is a graduate from Mumbai University.

Abhijeet Sawant Father, Mother, Siblings

Abhijeet Sawant was born to a Marathi Buddhist family. If we go to the details about his parents, Abhijeet’s father’s name is Shridhar Pandurang Sawant and his mother’s name is Manisha Sawant.

Sawant has two siblings named Sonali Sawant and Amit Sawant.

Abhijeet Sawant Wife, Children’s

Abhijeet Sawant is a married man and his wife’s name is Shilpa Edvankar Sawant. The couple got married on the 4th of December 2007. He and his wife Shilpa have two daughter’s named Sameera Sawant and Aahaana sawant.

Abhijeet Sawant Net Worth 2024

If you are Abhijeet’s fan then you might also think’s that what is the net worth of Abhijeet Sawant? In 2024, Indian idol winner and playback singer has an estimated net worth of 10 crore rupees. His primary income sources are stage shows and singing album songs.

Biographical Facts about Abhijeet Sawant

• At present he lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India.
• Does he have a dedicated Wikipedia Page? Yes
• Since childhood, he was interested in music and wanted to become a great singer, so after graduating from Chetna College of Commerce and Economics, Sawant was interested in joining the music industry.
• In the year 2004, Abhijeet Sawant participated in the reality show ‘Indian Idol’ broadcast on Sony TV and was also its winner. He won the title of Indian Idol Season 1. It increases her fame significantly.

• After winning Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant received Rs 50 lakh as prize money, a Honda City Car and a recording contract with T-Series.¹
• His first solo album song titled “Apka Abhijeet Sawant” was released on 7 April 2005. To get all his songs you may visit Music.apple.com.
• In 2005, he sang the first film song of his life as a playback singer which was “Mar Jaavan Mit Jaavan”. This song was from Emraan Hashmi, Sonu Sood and Tanushree Dutta starrer film Aashiq Banaya Aapne.
• From the year 2005 to 2023, he has sung a total of 12 filmy songs which are as follows.

• Apart from being a good singer and actor, Abhijeet is also an excellent dancer, he and his wife Shilpa participated in the Dancing Reality Show Nach Baliye Season 4 in 2008-2009.
• Playback singer and Indian Idol winner, Abhijeet Sawant has co-hosted Indian Idol 5 along with Hussain Kuwajerwala.
• He was born to a middle-class parents, after completing 10th class, he has work in a cassette shop for Rs.600 monthly salary.

• In 2007, He married his childhood sweetheart Shilpa Edvankar.
• During an interview, Sawant while talking about his relationship with Shilpa says that when he proposed to Shilpa for the first time, she rejected him but when he signed up for Indian Idol, Shilpa became interested in him. After winning Indian Idol, when he proposed Shilpa again, she happily agreed and the couple got married within a year.²
• He is also a Politician, According to NDTV, Abhijeet has joined right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party Shiv Sena in July 2009.³
• Abhijeet participated in the popular reality show “Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar” organized on Star Plus in the year 2008 and was also its finalist.
• Along with singing, he also tried his hand in acting, in the year 2009 he debuted with the film Lottery as Rohit Awasthi. He was late seen in a cameo in Akshay Kumar and Katrina kaif starrer, Tees Maar Khan.

• From 2005 to 2018, he has released a total of 4 original album songs which are as follows.

• From 2005 to 2018, Sawant has worked in total 10 Television shows as a Contestant, singer, host and mentor, which are as follows.

• According to the article published on Times of India in 2022, Indian Idol Winner Sawant converted to Buddhism from Hinduism.⁴
• In 2008, Sawant was declared second runner-up in Sony TV’s reality singing show Asian Idol.
• He has self-titled YouTube channel named “Abhijeet Sawant Official”, was created on Jan 28, 2013 and uploaded her first video on Jan 28, 2013. The channel has over 207K subscribers (as of 2024)

• He made his Instagram debut in September 2012 and get verified by Instagram in September 2017.
• He loves exercise and going to gym, he one of his Instagram post’ caption “I love exercise. it gives me confidence and good health and good body too😉”⁵

• He is also a good Guitar player.
• He has been seen with many popular celebrities like B Praak, Ricky Kej (2 times Grammy Award winner), Mika Singh, Raju Srivastav etc.
• Does Sawant smoke and Drink alcohol? occasionally. Abhijeet has also been seen consuming alcohol and smoking hookah at parties and other events.
• He is very fond of travelling, his Instagram profile is full of traveling photos, he sometimes also shares photos and videos of his daily life and professional works for his fans.

• Abhijeet Sawant is the founder of the ‘Abhijeet Sawant Foundation‘, which works towards helping the underprivileged children of the country.
• Apart from singing and acting, Sawant is also involved in other social work, he has worked with many Nonprofit organizations for the welfare of the society, which include Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Indian Cancer Society, and the Smile Foundation.
• In 2010, Abhijeet Sawant and his friend Prajakta Shukre were arrested in the hit and run case. He was accused of seriously injuring two teenagers riding on a two-wheeler in Mumbai by hitting them. According to media reports, that day Abhijeet Sawant was sitting on the back seat of the car and the car was being driven by his colleague Indian Idol contestant Prajakta Shukre, who had hit and injured two people riding on a two-wheeler in Mumbai. This incident increased Sawant legal troubles.⁶

• Sawant’s greatest idol and his singing inspiration is Sanu Da.
• Sawant is a multitalented man he has worked as a comedian in Sony TV’s comedy shows ‘Comedy Circus’ (2011) and ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’ (2015) with Kapil Sharma.

• At present, He performs various stage shows and live concerts.
• He once appeared in a TV commercial for Spraymint Mouth Freshener The ads is Here.⁷
• He is one of the X factor Entertainment, an Arts & entertainment company.
• According to Sawant’s Ig profile, You can book his shows by contacting his management at [email protected].
• Abhijeet Sawant has a Honda City car and a Royal Enfield motorcycle as luxury.
• Comment on Amit Kumar: Once Abhijeet had taken a dig at Kishore Kumar’s son Amit Kumar which had become quite controversial. Abhijeet had said that Amit Kumar should not compare new singers with Kishore Kumar.⁸
• Abhijeet also appeared in many television series including Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai and CID in 2005.
• In the year 2021, while giving an interview on Chetan Bhagat’s YouTube channel, Abhijeet revealed that he had thoughts of committing suicide when he was not getting good projects for singing.⁹
• His music genre is Pop.
• Due to his excellent singing and television, and social media presence, he has achieved a lot of fame.
• He has over 26.2K followers on Twitter

Lifestyle

Favorite Things

During an interview on Rediff, He played “Abhijeet Sawant answers your questions” game¹⁰, below you may read about his favorite things.

Social Media Presence

Contact Details

What is the phone number of Abhijeet Sawant? To contact Mumbai based play back singer and Television personality Abhijeet Sawant you can call on 098204 60088. If you want to his personal email address then you can also mail to [email protected].¹¹

Frequently Asked Questions

References / Sources

1. Sreerama Chandra to Abhijeet Sawant: A look at cash prize ‘Indian Idol’ contestants won over the years ↩︎
2. What is Indian Idol winner Abhijeet Sawant’s net worth and is he married? | The Sun ↩︎
3. First ‘Indian Idol’ Abhijeet Sawant joins Shiv Sena ↩︎
4. Indian celebs that converted to Buddhism ↩︎
5. Instagram Post ↩︎
6. Remember Abhijeet Sawant, first Indian Idol winner, hit and run case ended his career, this is what he does now ↩︎
7. YouTube ↩︎
8. Indian idol 1 winner abhijeet sawant talks about controversies and love affairs of the show ↩︎
9. Deeptalk #13: Abhijeet Sawant (Singer, Indian Idol Season 1 winner) – mega inspiration 🔥 ↩︎
10. Abhijeet Sawant answers your questions – Rediff.com ↩︎
11. Facebook Page ↩︎

Other Celebrities

Kaliii

Music Artist

Padamjeet Sehrawat

Music Artist

Stebin Ben

Music Artist

Bessan Ismail

Music Artist

SZA

Music Artist

Henning May

Music Artist

Lola Brooke

Music Artist

Sugarhill Ddot

Music Artist

Kayden Sharma

Music Artist