Aa Uru Ee Uru: A Domestic Drama Exploring Rural-Urban Contrast and Resilience

Aa Uru Ee Uru

Aa Uru Ee Uru is a domestic drama set between two Brahmin families from Halalli and Nagarakote. Halalli reflects rural tradition, while Nagarakote is a semi-urban town leaning toward modernity. The families share ties of kinship, friendship, and mutual dependence. Sushila, a woman from Halalli married into the Nagarakote family, suffers abuse, but both she and her husband respond actively against injustice. Characters like Sheenappa and Ramanna embody patience and moral strength, capturing the contrast between rural and urban life, domestic struggle, and the resilience of virtue.

Writer

Shri G. B. Joshi was a pioneering Kannada writer, publisher, and cultural visionary who founded the Manohara Grantha Male in Dharwad. He wrote poetry, novels, essays, and plays exploring human struggle, transformation, spiritual evolution, and themes of good and evil, suffering, endurance, and divine order.

Director

Hulugappa Kattimani is a seasoned theatre actor, director, and trainer with over 25 years of experience. He received the Ninasam Theatre Training Diploma in 1985, participated in Ninasam Tirugata during 1987–88, and worked with Rangayana in Mysuru under B.V. Karanth. He has performed in national and international festivals in the U.S.A. and Germany, and is the founder of Ranga Therapy, which conducts theatre-based rehabilitation for prison inmates across Karnataka.

Director’s Note

The play explores family life between Halalli and Nagarakote, highlighting the story of Sushila facing torment in her marital home and rising with courage against oppression alongside her husband. The production features earthy dialect, poetic dialogue, and portrays the struggle between virtue and cruelty.

Group

Natamitraru Havyasi Kala Sangha (R.), established in 1989, is a theatre organization in Karnataka that has produced over 65 plays under various directors. The group has organized children's theatre training camps, college workshops, and various theatre festivals including events named in honor of B.V. Karanth.