Indian Idol winner Abhijeet Sawant says he is set to change his �romantic� image with his acting debut in �Lottery�. �The movie is not at all a romantic flick. It is in total contradiction with what audiences must be expecting from me. It is basically a thriller,� Abhijeet told In the film, Sawant plays an accountant working in a fashion magazine, who gets trapped in a murder case. The singer-turned-actor, whose voice was widely appreciated in the film �Aashiq Banaya Aapne� and the album �Junoon�, has been cast opposite television actor Rucha Gujarati and newcomer Manisha Kelkar in the film.
However, �Lottery� was not his first film offer. Abhijeet said he was flooded with movie offers immediately after he won the first season of talent hunt show �Indian Idol�, but he turned them down.
�I thought I lacked the confidence to act at that time,� he said.
So what made him sign �Lottery�?
�I met director Hemant Prabhu a year ago and he told me about the role. I was convinced since I felt the role was very close to my real self and it suited my nature.
�Initially, I thought it would be difficult to act, but gradually I grew as an actor and the outcome was surprising for all,� he said.
Apart from �Lottery�, he has a couple of other acting offers, but he hasn�t finalised anything as yet.
Though he has taken his first steps into Bollywood, singing remains a passion for him.
He is currently a participant on STAR Plus� reality music show �Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar�, where the winners and runners-up of previously held talent hunts across channels compete with one another.
But what made him want to compete with his colleagues again?
�I came to �Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar� because it appeared as a challenge to me to compete with all of them once again � And I also thought it would be a treat for the viewers,� he quipped.
Abhijeet�s upcoming projects as a singer include �Care of Footpath� and �Mumbai.com�.
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