Irony
can
go
no
further.
While
producers
in
India
dub
Koena
Mitra's
voice,
for
her
international
project
Karna,
she's
been
asked
to
cultivate
a
British
accent
to
speak
in
her
own
voice.
For
Karna,
Koena
is
also
cultivating
a
fat-free
athletic
physique;
the
kind
she
says
is
c
"With
the
help
of
my
trainer
Channel
Pereira,
I've
lost
so
much
weight.
I'm
down
to
15
percent
body
fat.
The
rest
is
all
muscles.
This
is
all
for
my
kick-ass
boy-bashing
role
in
Karna.
Unfortunately,
Bollywood
goes
ga-ga
over
thin
not
fit
bodies."
She
has
to
train
especially
hard
since
she
will
be
the
only
woman
in
this
all-male
actioner.
"In
Bollywood,
they
think
if
a
leading
lady
can
do
one
free-falling
kick
she's
achieved
the
unthinkable.
In
Karna,
I've
to
do
the
kind
of
action
which
only
male
actors
have
been
seen
doing
in
the
movies."
Not
only
that,
Koena
has
to
acquire
another
skill
for
Karna.
"I've
to
get
a
British
accent,
and
fast.
Yes
they've
asked
me
to
speak
in
my
own
voice
and
in
British
accent
because
the
movie
will
be
in
sync
sound.
I've
to
learn
four
different
types
of
British
dialects."
The
film
will
be
shot
in
six
countries.
But
mainly
in
Hong
Kong
and
China.
Koena
thinks
Bollywood
isn't
ready
for
boy-bashing
chick
flicks.
"I
recently
shot
three
promos
for
the
film.
When
I
saw
myself
fighting
aliens
I
got
really
excited.
Our
country
isn't
ready
for
a
real
chick
flick
like
Charlie's
Angels
and
Lara
Croft.
I
think
I'll
be
the
first
Indian
actress
to
go
out
there
and
kick
ass.
And
I
don't
have
to
become
a
Size
0
to
look
sexy," she
chuckles.
Story first published: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 8:36 [IST]