Singer Abhijeet Sawant is excited about the upcoming Ganeshostav, for he feels he has a special connect with Lord Ganesha.

Sawant, who rose to fame after winning the first season of the music reality show Indian Idol, shares, “I am a Ganesha devotee. When I had not won Indian Idol and life was haywire, I would talk to him. I’d get emotional before Bappa and ask him about my future. And, whenever I’d see him, I would see a vishal roop of Ganesha, with a loving, kind face. Holding on to that feeling, I have composed and sung a new Marathi song on Bappa, for Ganesh Chaturthi. I don’t know how many people will resonate with my feeling, but I have tried my best.”

The singer has, in his second album, recorded songs on Lord Ganesha with other singers, including Rahul Vaidya and Prajakta Shukre. But, Sawant feels they were typical songs and didn’t express his emotions for Lord Ganesha.

“We had shot a video which also featured my mum and dad. I had not composed the songs, which is why I have poured my feelings for Bappa into this new song. I hope people like it,” he adds.

The 39-year-old has crooned a number of film songs as well as indie tracks. However, he hasn’t really worked much in the Marathi music industry.

“It wasn’t that I didn’t want to,” the singer clarifies, adding, “In fact, I did playback for smaller films. After Indian Idol, the first song was for a Marathi film, which was a small-budget film and didn’t even release in big cities in Maharashtra. I have studied Marathi in a Marathi-medium school, so the language is in my blood. I am happy to see that my song Sar Sukhachi Shravani from the film Mangalashtak Once More (2014), is still a favourite among audiences. I hope to do more work in Marathi soon.”