Watch Jokumaraswamy, a Kannada play based on various manifestations of patriarchy

Jokumaraswamy

is a

Kannada

play directed by

Dr. Chandrashekar

, a drama which focuses on identifying various manifestations of patriarchy and its impact on the lives of women. This play shows one of the lead male characters, Gowda, who is the product of the patriarchal society, sustaining a conceptual framework that maintains the structures of domination. He regards

women

and nature as irrational beings that are present to be dominated and exploited for the needs of man. Shari and Ningi, his opposing female lead characters in the play, examine the weakness and hypocrisy of Gowda and stand testimony to the patriarchal systems of domination that oppress women and reveal the false ideologies of patriarchy.