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Published 13:57 IST, October 1st 2019

Bigg Boss 13: Unknown facts about contestant Koena Mitra

Bigg Boss 13 features Koena Mitra as one of the contestants. The actor has seen her ups and downs in the industry. Here are some unknown facts about the actor.

Reported by: Alifiya Shaiwala
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Koena Mitra has worked in a couple of films in Bollywood. The actor, who has worked in Tamil, Bengali and Hindi films, rose to fame after she featured in one of the chartbusters 'Saki Saki', alongside Sanjay Dutt in the film Musafir. Reports state that Koena had her ups and downs and in the industry, which compelled the actor to back off from a few films. Koena Mitra is now a contestant on Salman Khan's show- Bigg Boss season 13 . Here are some unknown facts about the actor.

Some unknown facts about Koena Mitra

1. Reportedly, Koena Mitra does not have an official account on Instagram. Koena has been active on her Twitter handle where she frequently updates fans on her personal life. Interestingly, Koyna officially follows only 24 people on Twitter.

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2. Koena received criticism after she featured in the movie Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena. Koena starred in a song with Fardeen Khan that did not go down well with some of her fans. The song, titled Jal Jal Ke Dhuan, had certain moves that were reported to be 'vulgar' by the audience. Koena was questioned about the same by the media reporters, which escalated too many rumours about her. 

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3. Reports suggest that Koena Mitra underwent plastic surgery in the year 2012. According to the reports, Koena's plastic surgery was a disaster and also that the doctors had given up on her. The reports further add that Koena's nose bones started to swell and it took her another 4 surgeries to mend the damage. Koena was invited for the launch of a cosmetic clinic where the media reporters poured questions on her about the topic. She said that she would not promote plastic surgery. 

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4. Koena was on a six-month jail term over an issue of a cheque-bounce case. The case was registered by model Poonam Sethi in 2013. Although not much was revealed about the case, reports say that the actor was in real trouble. Koyna went through endless rounds of court-hearings to resolve the issue.

5. Recently, Twitterati caught sight of a cat-fight between Koena Mitra and Nora Fatehi. Koena tweeted about the remake of her song Saki Saki's old version. Nora Fatehi gave a befitting reply to Koena's tweet. This tweet saw fans posting various comments, and many compared the two versions of the song. 

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09:39 IST, October 1st 2019