Eighty-year-old Meenakshi Amma is the oldest female exponent of ancient Indian martial art ‘kalaripayattu’ or ‘kalari’ and received India’s fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 2017.<br /><br />The sari-clad expert in the heavily male-dominated and physically demanding art form from the state of Kerala has been featured by international media many times. There is a movie based on her life titled “Look Back,” that is waiting for the release.<br /><br />Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/uae/watch-meet-80-year-old-sari-clad-indian-martial-arts-warrior-in-action-in-dubai-1.90751212<br /><br />See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos<br />Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km<br /><br />Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV<br /><br />#UAEnews #indian #kalaripayattu
