Koena Mitra - Introduction

Koena Mitra (born 7 January 1981) in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an Indian actress and former model. Koena Mitra was born on 7 January in Calcutta. Mitra attended South Point High School and Lady Brabourne College in Calcutta. Mitra was trained with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe for 12 years. While in college, Mitra pursued a career in modeling. Over the years, Koena has done commercials like ACP Whisky, Mirinda, Clinic All Clear, Maruti Alto. She is the winner of Gladrags Mega Model 2002. She later on went on to become the semi-finalist of Miss Intercontinental. She featured in quite a few music videos like Stereo Nation’s “Ishq”, “Aaj Ki Raat”, “Akh Teri”, “Channo” by Jassi. Koena made entry into Bollywood with a item number in Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘Road’. This was followed by a small role and two item numbers in Sanjay Gupta’s Musafir. Her first movie as a lead actor was ‘Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena’ directed by Suparn Verma opposite Fardeen Khan. source