Seduction 2008, the New Year’s Eve Bash at Sahara Star Hotel, Mumbai that we reported on early, turned ugly after the performances for Koena Mitra. The actress was actually stalked and attacked inside the five-star hotel later on that evening after being on stage with Bipasha Basu and Tanushree Dutta.

Visibly shaken, she says it was a very traumatic experience for her. Before the show the man asked her for a photograph and when she agreed he boldly inquired whether he could hold her for the picture. Koena, in no uncertain terms, told him to take a hike. The security guards intervened and took him away. However, that was far from the end of the story.

After the show Koena, Basu and Dutta went to the VVIP lounge. The stalker again appeared before her and asked to shake her hand. Thinking it would just end the situation if she appeased him, she obliged, only to have him crush her hand to the point of pain.
Seeing the look of horror on Koena’s face, security came running and pushed him way. Yet still the man persisted. Before anyone was aware of what was going to happen, he pounced on Koena and grabbed at her waist. Out of sheer shock, Koena slapped the man, which had little impact on his shoulders, as he towered over her at six feet.

Frantic, Dutta and the others screamed. The look in the stalker’s eyes as he was forcibly taken out of the establishment and his ranting about the dozens of pictures he has of Koena on his mobile phone, has left Koena quaking with fear.

The actress, who celebrates her birthday on Jan 7 says, “I’m going to be very careful about where I go and how I celebrate my birthday.”