Abhijeet Sawant Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Wife, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Abhijeet Sawant
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Playback Singer and Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 73 kg in Pounds- 161 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 39 Inches - Waist: 30 Inches - Biceps: 11 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	7 October 1981
Age (as in 2016)	35 Years
Birth Place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
School	Mumbai's Raje Shivaji Vidyalaya, Mumbai, India
College	Chetna College, Bandra, Mumbai
Educational Qualifications	Graduate
Debut	Singing: Mohabbatein Lutaaunga (2005) TV: Indian Idol (2005) Film: Lottery (2009)
Family	Father- Shridhar Pandurang Sawant Mother- Manisha Sawant Brother- Not Known Sister- Name Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Controversies	Abhijeet Sawant, once a singing sensation, made news for all the wrong reasons. Sawant, while coming back after having a night out with his friends, was driving an Audi. His friend Prajakta Shukre was on the steering of her Honda City. Sawant and Shukre when saw an empty road began to race their cars. Prajakta in a hurry, smashed her car into a scooter injuring both the rider and the pillion of the two-wheeler. Sawant, when came to aid his friend, was beaten up by the mob and Prajakta was arrested on charges of negligent driving. She, however, was released on bail.
Favourite Things
Favourite Actor	Shahrukh Khan
Favourite Actress	Rani Mukherji
Favourite Cartoon characters	Tom & Jerry, Popeye
Favourite Cricketer	Sachin Tendulkar
Favourite Singer	Mohammed Rafi, Sonu Nigam, Kishore Kumar, Udit Narayan
Favourite Food	Daal-Chawal
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Shilpa Sawant
Wife	Shilpa Sawant, ground staff for a private airline (m.2007)
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Abhijeet Sawant

• Does Abhijeet Sawant smoke: Not Known

• Does Abhijeet Sawant drink alcohol: Yes

• In 2005, Abhijeet Sawant won the first season of Indian Idol, a music talent hunt show.

• The first solo album that Sawant released after becoming the Indian Idol was Aapka Abhijeet Sawant.

• Sawant competed in the first season of Asian Idol in December 2007. He finished the show being on the third position on the ranking chart.

• He was the first runner-up of ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar,’ a competition between winners and runner-ups of several other singing reality shows.

• After not getting enough chances in singing, Sawant joined the acting industry with his debut film Lottery in 2009.

• He has also appeared in a TV commercial ad of Spraymintt and in a few tv serials like Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai and C.I.D.

• In 2008-09, Sawant along with his wife contested in the 4th edition of Nach Baliye, a Dance reality show.

• When nothing worked for this one-hit wonder, he joined Shiv Sena in July 2009 in a bid to attract more youth towards the party.

• Sawant hosted the 5th season of Indian Idol in the year 2010.

• A reporter, in an interview in 2011, asked Sawant why has he put his music career on the back burner, he answered saying “There’s a great deal of lobbying in the music industry. I go to music directors, they make tall claims and never revert. I have seen people who are not talented and yet get work because of their personal contacts.” When asked about the person he was talking about, he said, “Look at Atif Aslam, he’s doing so many Bollywood songs. Woh kaunse angle se playback singer ke category mein aata hai?”