MANANTHAVADY: Wayanad district collector A Geetha performed Kathakali amidst her busy official schedule. She enacted the character of Damayanthi in Nalacharitham along with others at the Valliyoorkavu festival. It was her arangettam on Kathakali.

The district collector enacted Damayanthi with perfect flexibility and expression without any worries of her debut Kathakali performance. The audience applauded Damayanti and her team. She was trained under Kathakali acharyan C M Unnikrishnan.

Subhadra Nair, retired deputy planning officer who has learned Kathakali and Rathi Sudheer, an employee of the Meenangadi Soil Conservation Office and a native of Alappuzha, joined hands to make her dreams come true. With this, the stage was lit in Valliyoorka for the Kathakali arena. Kottakkal Haridas, Subhadra Nair, Rathi Sudheer and Ramya Krishna were the other artists who performed with her.