Koena Mitra Personal and Career Biography

Mitra was trained with the Mamata Shankar ballet troupe for 12 years. She was a super model and has walked the ramp in places like Milan, Paris, New York etc.

Koena Mitra Modeling

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 Gladrag Mega Model 2002, this sultry and hot model from Calcutta is here to make it big. She took the modeling world by storm by winning the Supermodel title and later on went on to become the semi-finalist of Miss Intercontinental. Being a model she featured in quite a few music videos like Stereo Nation’s “Ishq”, “Aaj Ki Raat”, “Akh Teri”, “Channo” by Jassi.

Koena Mitra Acting

And after gaining all the technical knowledge and being absolutely comfortable in front of the camera, Koena made a smashing entry into Bollywood with a sizzling item number in Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘Road’. This was followed by a small role and two item numbers in Sanjay Gupta’s Musafir, which opened many doors to Bollywood. Her first movie as a lead actor was ‘Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena’ directed by Suparn Verma opposite Fardeen Khan. But the movie that got her all the attention she wanted in Bollywood was ‘Apna Sapna Money, Money’. The movie was a hit and so was Koena.

Koena Mitra Filmography

Road (2002), Sp.App in ‘Khullam Khulla’ Item Number

Dhool (2003), Special Appearance

Blackmail (2003)

Musafir (2004)

Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (2005)

Shaadi No. 1 (2005), Special Appearance

Insan (2005)

Apna Sapna Money Money (2006)

Cash (2007)

Heyy Babyy (2007) Special Appearance

Agar (2007)

Anamika (2008)

Ayan (2009)

Asal (2009)

Koena Mitra Trivia

Her daily routine consists of a gym workout, breakfast and shoot.

Koena prefers to do her stunts by herself.

She has trained in action, kick boxing and Tai Chi.

Being the daughter of an artist she loves to design her house and clothes.

Koena is fond of Bengali sea food.

Koena Mitra

Koena Mitra’s life flows through different realms of experience. Named after the renowned Bengali river. Modeling groomed Koena Mitra to acting by helping her to get rid off camera phobia. Koena Mitra aspired to become an actress from the childhood days and to come to the glamorous field.

Koena Mitra’s first appearance in Bollywood was as an item number song in Ram Gopal Verma’s Road.