NEW JERSEY - Actress Aarthi Agarwal, 31, who has acted in 21 Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies died after suffering cardiac arrest due to respiratory complications at a hospital in the US on Saturday, Indian Express reported. Her latest film “Ranam 22” in Telugu was released across theaters in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday.



Aarthi, who had suffered from asthma for several years, had undergone liposuction surgery last month but developed post-surgery respiratory problems and is said to have suffered cardiac arrest on Saturday while recuperating at a hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Aarthi, who was born and brought up in New Jersey, first made her acting debut in the Hindi movie “Pagalpan” when she was 16 which did not do well. She moved to Tollywood and made her Telugu debut with “Nuvu Naaku Nachav” in 2001, which went on to become a box office hit. She did two other Telugu films that year, both performed poorly at the box office. - Agencies