--- title: Indian Actress Aarthi Agarwal Dies After Liposuction in the U.S. description: The actress, famed for films in the Telugu language, passed away in a private hospital in Atlantic City in New Jersey on Saturday canonical: https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/ author: Rohit Inani article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-08T08:15:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:59:31.607Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Indian Actress Dies After Liposuction In Atlantic City og:description: Aarthi Agarwal was famed for her work in the Telugu-language film industry. og:url: https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Indian Actress Dies After Liposuction In Atlantic City twitter:description: Aarthi Agarwal was famed for her work in the Telugu-language film industry. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Indian Actress Aarthi Agarwal Dies After Liposuction in the U.S. by [Rohit Inani / New Delhi](/author/rohit-inani/) ## Rohit Inani / New Delhi Jun 8, 2015 8:15 AM CUT by [Rohit Inani / New Delhi](/author/rohit-inani/) ## Rohit Inani / New Delhi Jun 8, 2015 8:15 AM CUT Indian actress Aarthi Agarwal has died at the age of 31 after suffering a cardiac arrest following liposuction surgery in the U.S., [reports](http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/south-actress-aarthi-agarwal-dies-at-30/ "undefined") the _Indian Express_. Agarwal passed away in a private hospital in Atlantic City, N.J., on Saturday. “Aarthi was battling obesity and pulmonary illness. She was undergoing treatment and due to some complications, she suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away,” her manager told news agency IANS. Born and raised in New Jersey, Agarwal made her Bollywood debut at the age of 16 with the Hindi-language film _Paagalpan_, but after the film tanked she instead worked in Tollywood — the Telugu-language film industry, concentrated in the southern states of Telagana and Andhra Pradesh. > [](https://twitter.com/AadhiOfficial/status/607236254355185664) She starred in more than 21 Telugu films including the hits _Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu_, _Indra_ and _Vasantham_, and her popularity made her a household name among Telugu film aficionados. In 2005, Agarwal hit headlines when she reportedly attempted suicide at her home in Hyderabad after a relationship with a co-star turned bitter and her film career began to tail off. Aarthi is survived by her parents who live in New Jersey’s Egg Harbor Township and by her sister Aditi, who is also a Telugu film actress. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/"},"headline":"Indian Actress Aarthi Agarwal Dies After Liposuction in the U.S.","datePublished":"2015-06-08T08:15:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:59:31.607Z","description":"Aarthi Agarwal was famed for her work in the Telugu-language film industry","url":"https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/","keywords":["movies","actress"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rohit Inani / New Delhi"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3912178/aarthi-agarwal-liposuction-new-jersey-telugu-tollywood/","name":"Indian Actress Aarthi Agarwal Dies After Liposuction in the U.S."}}]}] ```