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We have already told you how Koena Mitra set the screen on fire with her two erotic numbers in Musafir but those numbers and an extended role in the film didnt take her too far as an actress in Bollywood.

Mumbai,With this years Tamil super hit "Chandramukhi" reportedly grossing over Rs.700 million, some top Bollywood filmmakers are reportedly trying to acquire the films rights for a Hindi remake, reports Bollywood Trade. The film, directed by P. Vasu and starring Tamil superstar Rajnikant, Jyothika and Prabhu, is a remake of Malayalam film "Manichitratazhu". The 1993 film, directed by Fazils and starring Mohan Lal, Shobhna and Suresh Puri under the banner of "Swarg Chitra", pocketed three National Awards - best film, best actor and best actress. The film did good business at the box-office. In 2004, the subject was taken up by Kannada filmmakers and made into "Aaptha Mitra".

We have already told you how Koena Mitra set the screen on fire with her two erotic numbers in Musafir but those numbers and an extended role in the film didnt take her too far as an actress in Bollywood.

first Koena Mitra graduates from item girl to itsy-bitsy roles to a full fledged role opposite Fardeen Khan.

Check out movie stills of Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena starring Fardeen Khan, Koena Mitra, Feroz Khan, Gulshan Grover, Kay Kay...

Starlet Koena Mitra is awaiting her big screen debut in a full-fledged role in the forthcoming Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena ...

Mumbai, Oct 10, : On screen, he may be the effervescent full-of-life adorable boy next door, but when hes talking you can observe his calm and composed demeanour. Aftab Shivdasani will soon be seen in Ektaa Kapoors "Koi Aapsa" directed by debutant Partho Mitra.Ektaa Kapoors follow-up act after the success of "Kya Cool Hain Hum", "Koi Aapsa" is a romantic comedy in which Aftab, Dipannita and Natassha are the best of friends whose lives are full of laughter until one fateful day a certain incident shatters their lives forever.Aftab looks immensely excited about the role. But its another romantic film for him where he plays the lover boy.

Film: "Koi Aap Sa"; Starring Aftab Shivdasani, Natassha, Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik; Directed by Partho Mitra; Rating: Can a man and a woman remain friends without turning into lovers Yes, said "When Harry Met Sally" ... Maybe, says "Koi Aap Sa", producer Ekta Kapoors heart-warming though inconsistent homage to the cinema of Karan Johar.

Film: Koi Aap Sa; Starring Aftab Shivdasani, Natassha, Dipannita Sharma, Himanshu Malik; Directed by Partho Mitra; Rating: Can a man and a woman remain friends without turning into lovers Yes, said When Harry Met Sally ... Maybe, says Koi Aap Sa, producer Ekta Kapoors heart-warming though inconsistent homage to the cinema of Karan Johar.

Garam Masala premiere at Fame Adlabs on 1st November 2005A star studded premiere of Garam Masala was held at Fame Adlbas. The entrnace looked as if you were boarding an air plane. Besides the entire star cast we also spotted Bipasha, Koena, Neha Dhupia and Bharat Shah.

After Ashmit-Riya and Shahid-Kareena, the next in line to star in a sweltering MMS clip are Fardeen Khan and Koena Mitra.

The sizzling Koena Mitra bares her heart for rediff readers.

Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena is like a new Bollywood experiment conceived by a mind that has little originality and too much influence of the west.Directorial debut of writer Suparn Verma, the movie stars Fardeen Khan , Koena Mitra , Firoz Khan , Kay Kay Mennon and Gulshan Grover in principal roles.

Press Release of Movie MarathonA Nisha Chainani Film & Matrix Medias ReleaseFive different people One common goal... MarathonThe Premise:The film revolves around five characters from absolutely different walks of life, who somehow, through different circumstances get inspired to run the 42 kilometer marathon. It is a film about their trials and tribulations, and how they overcome the obstacles in their personal lives to run this marathon, and how their lives change for the better, as a result of their participation ill this event.The Cast:Bikram Saluja as Ravi Anand, an overweight businessman Prashant Chainani as Samir Bedi, a young college Casanova Mandira Bedi as Sanjana Kanwar, a dedicated but dejected housewife Sammir Dattani as Sanjeev Mitra, a professional footballer battling with cancer Purab Kohli as Raju Apte, a good for nothing villager who has a natural talent for runningSupporting Cast: Gautam Kapur, Dara,Singh, Chitrita Mitra, Salome Narayana, Shruti Sharma, Mohan Bhandari, Raja Vaid etc.The Producers: Matrix Medias has been floated by three young entrepreneurs - Vicky Tejwani, Kailassh Raj Gandhi and Gurpal Singh, with an aim to make quality Television programming, Ad films and Feature films.

For all those who thought that Rimi Sen didnt sound like herself in Deewane Huye Paagal, you were right on target! Because it indeed is not her voice! The makers decided to get her voice dubbed. It seems like quite a trend in recent times. Some actresses whos voices have been dubbed include Amisha Patel in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Katrina Kaif in Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya, Bipasha Basu in Jism and most recently Tanushree Dutta in Chocolate Koena Mitra in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena.

Dolly Bindra hosted dinner party for actress Koena Mitra at Caravan SeraDirector E Niwas, Sohail Khan and editor Pammi Somal joined in for the dinner hosted for Koena Mitra hosted by actress Dolly Bindra.

Bengali sensation Koena Mitra is prone to fits of defiant anger and thats how she starts her diatribe against easy labels like item girl or item bomb that commodify women.

Shilpa Singh crowned Gladrags Mrs India for 2006Another year, another winner. The fifth Gladrags Mrs India contest was held on Saturday evening at Spring Mills, Wadala. Ecstatic Shilpa Singh, 30, bagged the coveted Gladrags Mrs India 2006 title. Pallavi Walia Raj and Lakshmi Nijjar were the first and second runners-up respectively.Singh’s answer at the final question round won her the crown. When asked by jury member, actor Chetan Hansraj about what her reaction would be if she found her husband in bed with another woman, Singh promptly replied, I would slap him an ask him to get out of my life immediately. If I am loyal to my husband, I expect him to be loyal to me as well.Singh who is based in Mumbai is an upcoming television actress and has been married for five years. She has a son. The first runner-up Pallavi Walia Raj, 27, is a fashion designer by profession and has been married for two years. Lakshmi Nijjar, 28, the second runner-up hails from Delhi. She is a housewife and has a son.Apart from the main titles, seven other titles like Mrs Congeniality, Mrs Beautiful Hair and Mrs Courage were given out. It was a tough choice for jury members including tarot card reader, Sunita Menon, television actor Chetan Hansraj, actresses Raveena Tandon Thadani and Koena Mitra, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and Maureen Wadia, president, Gladrags Beauty Pageant to pick out the right one from the 20 finalists since all of them were equally charming and intelligent.

Item songs" and "item girls" have been making news in recent times and its spontaneous success has produced many new faces. Every Friday audiences witness new faces and if an "item girl" graduates into a top slot, then it wont surprise many. Koena Mitras appearance as the leading lady of Suparn Vermas Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena is one such big example. Koena has done item songs like "Saaki Saaki …" and "Khulla-Khulla…" that made her popular among masses. Her transition to leading role surprised everybody but her work was impressive in all respects. It is expected that another item girl Yana Gupta is planning big to secure a strong foothold in Bollywood. The sultry seductress stole the limelight with her raunchy number "Babuji Dheere Chalo…" in Vivek Oberoi starrer Dum. After that she performed item songs in Rakht and Samay that were accepted by audience too Though Yana got acting offers after her initial success,but she declined all. However, the acting bug seems to have bitten her as she is now approaching producers for a substantial role in their films. Yana is supposed to be learning Hindi and getting engrossed in dramatics to make a promising career in acting too.

The hottest song "Jal Jal Ke Dhuan" Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena made Koena Mitra as one of the hot "n" happening surprises of the year. The actress and the film made controversy with Koena and Fardeens explicit scenes having been circulated through MMS. There are rare occasions when a second lead actress or an item girl is assigned the lead role in a big venture. Koena started with an item song "Sambhal Re" in Ram Gopal Vermas Road followed by another item song "Saaki Saaki" in Sanjay Dutts home production Musafir. It was in Insaan that she got a break in the second lead role opposite Ajay Devgan as the latters slain wife. However, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena has shot her as a lead heroine for the first time. She plays a psychiatrist and indulges in con activity with Fardeen and his gang. Though the film met with average success yet this helped Koena manage to bag some fine projects. She has been signed by Subhash Ghai for his forthcoming film Money Money Money, where she plays a singer who works hard to launch her private album. It is a frolicking comedy where everybody runs for quick and easy money. The film also stars Jackie Shroff, Celina Jaitley and Riya Sen in leading roles. Besides, Koena has also been approached by director E Niwas for his under-production Jalsa in which Ritesh Deshmukh plays her love interest. E Niwas My Name is Anthony Gonsalves starring her is on the verge of completion and will hit the marquee soon. Significantly, Koena refused item songs in films like Mangal Pandey, Parineeta and Kaal, evoking acrimony among some filmmakers towards her stand. But Koena is firm, and dreams of big acting career. She has the past examples to support her. Mumtaz and Aruna Irani graduated into top slot after playing second leads and item girls.

Kareena Kapoor was crowned the Indian Diva 2005 at an event organized by Sahara One. The honors was done by Zeenat Aman, Indias first Diva. Koena Mitra and Udita Goswami too bagged special Diva honors on this occassion.

Koena Mitra who began with an item number in Ram Gopal Vermas Road is keen on changing her item number image. Though she is already four-movie old, she has also signed two movies with Subhash Ghai. The movies are Apna Sapna and Money Money Money. The latter is a comedy, starring Ritiesh Deshmukh. Koena tells us that she is playing an Anglo Indian girl named Julie in it. As per the title, everyone in Money Money Money pursues money in his or her life. She also wants to do an album and earn huge money. She adds that she does feel a bit uneasy in the company of senior artists like Anupam Kher and Jackie Shroff and Rajpal Yadav in the movie. Besides, she is doing Jalsa with Ritiesh and Amrita Rao and a thriller with Randeep Hooda.

Film: "15 Park Avenue"; Director: Aparna Sen; Cast: Shabana Azmi, Konkona Sensharma, Rahul Bose, Waheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee and Shefali Shah; Rating: Coming from the creator of the timeless "36 Chowringhee Lane", "15 Park Avenue" is a bit of a downer. Aparna Sens superb sensitivities seem to peep out at us from all quarters in this attractively packaged, wonderfully performed film about coping with an illness. The trouble is: nothing fits. Not the relationships, not the narrative pieces that keep slipping in and out of Sens hands with infuriating impunity.

Koenas tooth has been a big trouble for her. Poor Koena is at home in Kokata. Her favorite ghar ka Khana is what is keeping her on.

Koena Mitra has turned filmmaker.

The nation continues to shock once again with its decision to eliminate one more finalist in final rounds of Indian Idol 2. This time around the needle went to the only female finalist Antara Mitra. She was voted out of the show. The highly talented and judges™ hot favourite Antara left the show with tears in eyes. Now the show will move on next week with Top 4 finalists - Amey, Karunya, Sandeep and Anuj.

Sowmya Raoh, whose first Hindi album, SOWMYA has just been released. Sowmya Raoh hails from Bangalore and is the daughter of the reputed playback, folk and devotional singer B K Sumitra.

Ficci Secretary General, Amit Mitra has expressed shock over the rampant piracy in China, including the sale of latest DVDs of Hollywood movies and CDs of Bollywoood blockbusters.

Koena Mitras altered look nowadays has led to a rumour that the actress has gone under the knife to get a face-lift.

After Aksar, director Ananth Narayan Mahadevans next will be Anamika “ The Untold Story, to be produced by Bhanwar Lal Sharma and Ramesh S. Shah under the banner of Shree Salasar Balaji Media Entertainment. Dino Morea, Celina Jaitley, Koena Mitra, Gulshan Grover and Mahesh Gaurr head the cast. Himesh Reshammiya will score the music.

Sports based themes seem to be the flavor of the season. After Shimit Amin and Ahmed Khan, its the turn of Arindam Mitra to deal with this theme. His Shunya, which is based on match fixing, is set to roll soon.

Khullam Khulla ROAD and Saaki Saaki Re MUSAFIR that mainly catapulted Bengali bombshell Koena Mitra to limelight, is now busy with her forthcoming film APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY produced by Subhash Ghai. It has an ensemble star cast in which every character has a different story that lures him to get money by various means. "APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY is a multi-starrer comedy film where everyone has a story of their own. Everybody is running after money for different reasons, good and bad ranging from poverty to other personal needs. Its no family drama and the climax is basically about how these money-driven characters meet each other," gushes Koena.

"Scared Evil"; Starring Lynsey Pow, Frederic Andrau, Sarika, Somitra Chatterjee; Directed by Abhiyaan Rajhans & Abhigyaan JhaRating: 1/2

Bengali actress Koena Mitra, who shot to fame with the song "Khullam Khulla" in the film "Road", is now busy with her forthcoming film "Apna Sapna Money Money" produced by Subhash Ghai.

Riteish Deshmukh will be seen in a unique role in Subhash Ghais Apna Sapna Money Money. He will be seen in a totally unusual getup in which audiences have not seen him before. It seems that Ritesh will be a tough competition for his female costars Riya Sen and Koena Mitra by playing a gown clad guy in the movie.