Dancer Sreedevi Rajan, 84, a Sangeet Natak Akademi winner and Nrithakshethra director, dies in Kochi; cremation details included. Sreedevi Rajan, a celebrated dancer and director of the Nrithakshethra dance school in Kochi, has died at age 84. She was a recent recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.