Koena Mitra's heartbreaking account of surviving a disastrous nose job and how she is still heckled because of her sexy image. Koena, who shimmed way into public gaze with sensuous dance numbers and glamorous roles, is now best remembered for a career that fizzled out and a botched-up nose job that still strikes fear in the hearts of aspiring starlets. But for this Kolkata girl, born in a conservative and religious family, the battle is far from over. With the giddying attention, came the disastrous decision - to get a nose job. "After the surgery my bones started swelling up. Even the doctors gave up and said that only medicine and prayers will work," she recalls with an imperceptible shudder. The incident  opened Koena's eyes to the uglier side of stardom. "Some of my best friends left me," she says turning pensive, "Maybe I was too honest."