After her scorching 'Road'show Koena Mitra is back in Bollywood with Musafir.
Koena will
be making her debut with this film, where she finally gets to exhibit her histrionics and not just her hot
bod on-screen.
"I almost broke my bones." reminisces Koena Mitra about shooting for Musafir.
No, the bong bombshell
wasn't doing any martial stunts in Sanjay Gupta's forthcoming film. It was a dance sequence with
Sanjay Dutt in a tiny two piece costume that covers only the bare minimum.
"My costume
weighed 25 kg. And boy, did the skirt of coins she wore leave its mark — There were circular
impressions on my body for days, as well as cuts and bruises," she tells
In fact, Koena was to
have done just a song in this film as well. But on the sixth day of the shoot, the director offered her a
role. "No one wants to commit a role without seeing an actor on screen. I am lucky that they had faith
in me."
As Anil Kapoor's wife (in Musafir), Koena also has a romantic song with the ageing
superstar. "Anil treated me like a baby. He rehearsed every scene 10-20 times. Where to smile, when
to use glycerin ... I learnt a lot."
Directed by Sanjay Gupta , Musafir also stars Anil Kapoor ,
Sameera Reddy , Aditya Pancholi and
Mahesh Manjrekar.