Koena Mitra has recently been signed an international project worth Rs 70 crore called Karna. She is supposed to play a superwoman. The film is going to be made in collaboration with Pritish Nandy Communications and is aiming for an August 2008 release.

Karna will be shot in Hong Kong and China and will have a lot special effects. Koena has been training hard for her role in the film. She has already trained in Tai Chi and other martial arts for the film in May and June. She also did a teaser for the film which is expected to be aired by the end of the year. It is believed that a

Los Angeles-based company got in touch with Pritish Nandy to recommend an actor for the role, which required an Indian face and a flexible body. Besides Koena, one can only think of Esha Deol and Bipasha Basu as the other actresses with an Indian face and a toned body. It's not an itsy bitsy role like Mallika Sherawat's in The Myth. Koena is the female lead and talks are on to sign a leading Hollywood actor the male lead. Apparently Orlando Bloom has shown interest in the project. The film will have two directors, one from Hollywood, who will direct the talkie portion and one from Hong Kong, who will take care of the action sequences. The film will be made in English and released worldwide in 2008.