Bombay: 9 Mar 2005/Sawf News Service/ --Abhijeet Sawant, a talented young singer from a middle class family in midtown Mumbai has won the first Indian Idol title with his magical voice and impeccable show packaging style. On Saturday 5th March, the nation stood breathless as the two finalists, Abhijeet Sawant and Amit Sana fought out their last battle to emerge the national winner. Abhijeet wins a high-priced car and a week-long trip to Switzerland to relax with his family after a hectic five months of rehearsing and working on his personality for the contest. He gets a whopping prize of Rs. one crore, together with a lucrative performance contract with Sony TV. Amit Sana also will have no dearth of work.

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