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Abhijeet Sawant, who won Sony Television's most successful talent hunt Indian Idol on Saturday, is a textbook success story. Seven months of hard work and tough competition against hundreds of contestants finally saw Abhijeet being crowned the best. Surrounded by slums, Abhijeet is a resident of the Sahu Nagar area in Dharavi, northcentral Mumbai. Residents of his locality are delighted and proud with the result. Abhijeet has brought his neighbourhood well into the limelight. Abhijeet has always been Sahu Nagar's favourite singer, and most festive occasions would see the boy perform on stage.

The Sahu Nagar Ganesh Utsav Mandal, for whom Abhijeet sang most of his songs, put up large Abhijeet cut-outs and also arranged a screening of the final Indian Idol show on Saturday, March 5, in the open space in front of his building. Hundreds of people watched the show, thrilled with his achievement

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The suspense for the eager Sahu Nagar residents got over in the late afternoon as they learnt of the news through those who attended the final recording at the Famous Studio earlier in the day. But they were still keen to watch Abhijeet's final performance and celebrate in the evening. The number of people increased steadily, as crowds gathered to greet his family. Everyone in the neighbourhood and the surrounding areas knows Abhijeet now. Half a kilometre away from his home, a young boy guided this journalist with great accuracy, and added the further statement: "Ask anybody where Abhijeet lives!" Sahu Nagar is more than festive, with all the locals warmly joining in, and considering themselves a part of the celebrations. People enchanged notes about Abhijeet's past, and his great success. Don't Miss!
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Abhijeet is a third year Commerce student at the Chetna College in Bandra, northwest Mumbai. The college, also aware of the results before the telecast, was part of the evening's festivities, as the vice-principal and other staff members wished Abhijeet's parents at their home. "He is not very good in studies," said Abhijeet's proud father. "His studies were always affected because of his singing. But we did not have any objection to that. I always suggested he concentrate on the field in which he wants to make a career." With an interest in singing right from childhood, Abhijeet attended classical music classes at Kandivali, northwest Mumbai. Sridhar works at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Abhijeet lives with his parents and a younger sister, who is studying science in the 11th Standard. Don't Miss!
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The competition got increasingly tough in the final stages of Indian Idol. Abhijeet won because he got the maximum number of SMS votes in his favour. A lot of his friends and relatives spoke about how they sent multiple SMS votes to boost his result. Saturday evening, as people walked in to greet the joyous family, they boasted about how they sent hundreds of SMSes to boost Abhijeet's chances. Don't Miss!
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I was sure about Abhijeet's victory," said Abhijeet's childhood friend Akshay, who attended most of the Indian Idol recordings. "He had tough competition against Rahul Vaidya, who was in the last three, but was voted out. After that, most of us became sure Abhijeet would win this competition!" "We never expected that Abhijeet would become so popular," said Akshay. "It is a great pleasure to see him as the Indian Idol He is very hard working, cultured and down-to-earth." Akshay enjoyed the final recording along with Abhijeet's parents.

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