| hand over: Abhijeet Sawant with Sandeep |
n The hunt is over. The agla Indian Idol is Sandeep Acharya. The grand finale of Indian Idol 2 on Saturday night saw the ever-smiling Bikaner boy edge out Hyderabadi hunk N. Karunya. Not before Abhijeet Sawant swung to Rang de basanti, Alisha Chinai grooved to Kajra re and Ishaa Koppikar rocked to Khallas.
Kajol, of course, was the cynosure of all eyes even as Sandeep and Karunya sang the Fanaa track Chand sifarish in her honour. After the 12 Indian Idol 2 finalists came back on stage to enthrall the audience, Sandeep was finally crowned the champion.
"I cannot get over the fact that I am the chosen one," screamed an ecstatic Sandeep. "I think it will take a few days for the feeling to sink in that I am the country's agla Indian Idol. I am very happy to see the kind of love and support that I have been getting from the entire nation, especially from Bikaner. I cannot figure out where to begin my new life from. So I am going to take each moment as it comes."
A Rs 1 crore contract with Sony, an album contract with Sony BMG, a brand new Baleno, Visa card worth Rs 3 lakh and an Indian Idol memento... there were no prizes for guessing who the winner of the evening was. But it's the guitar presented by Abhijeet Sawant that Sandeep is going to treasure for some time to come.
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