AARTI AGARWAL

Aarti Agarwal (also Arti Agarwal, Arthi Agarwal; born March 5, 1985 in New Jersey, U.S.) is an American -Indian actress in Tollywood. She was brought up in New Jersey until the age of 14. Sunil Shetty invited her to dance on stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA when she was barely 14. Big B who was there too encouraged her father to take her to Bollywood. As a result, she did her first film Paagalpan in Hindi in 2001 but it was not a hit. She then went to Tollywood. She did her first Tollywood movie Nuvvu Naaku Nachav with Telugu actor Venkatesh in 2001, which was more successful.

Personal life

On March 23, 2005 at around 2 AM, Agarwal attempted suicide by drinking bathroom cleaning liquid due to rumors about herself and fellow actor Tarun. She was discharged from the Apollo Hospital at 1:30pm on the same date in Jubliee Hills, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. On February 15, 2006 while she was coming back from dinner to her apartment, she fell while climbing the stairs, but made it to her second-floor apartment, where her father gave her painkillers. When she woke up the next day, her father called a doctor, who advised him to take her to hospital; she then underwent surgery at an hospital in Banjara Hills.

Arthi’s younger sister Adithi has also joined in films. Adithi acted in Allu Arjun's Gangotri.

Arti Agarwal was married to Ujwal Kumar at Secunderabad on November 22, 2007.

Filmography
2007 London Dreams

2006 Andala Ramudu

2005 Chatrapati

2005 Soggadu

2005 Sankranti

2004 Adavi Ramudu

2004 Nenunnanu

2003 Veede

2003 Vasantham

2003 Palanati Brahmanaidu

2002 Bobby

2002 Nee Sneham

2002 Indra

2002 Allari Ramudu

2001 Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu

2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav