Aa Uru Ee Uru is a domestic drama set between two Brahmin families from Halalli and Nagarakote. Halalli reflects rural tradition, while Nagarakote, a semi-urban town, leans toward modernity yet depends on Halalli for daily essentials. The families share ties of kinship, friendship, and mutual dependence. Sushila, a woman from Halalli married into the Nagarakote family, suffers abuse in her new home. Unlike in Mooka Bali (The Silent Sacrifice), where she endures silently, here both she and her husband respond actively against injustice. Amid everyday family tensions, characters like Sheenappa and Ramanna embody patience and moral strength, showing that endurance can outshine aggression. Through rich dialect, poetic dialogue, and vivid portrayal of family life, the play captures the essence of rural-urban contrast, domestic struggle, and the quiet resilience of virtue, making it a compelling theatrical reflection of human strength.

Writer

Shri G. B. Joshi is a pioneering Kannada writer, publisher, and a cultural visionary dedicated to the enrichment of Kannada literature and thought. Known for bridging writers and readers through refined literary expression and philosophical depth. He was the founder of the Manohara Grantha Male, Dharwad — a landmark publishing initiative that fostered intellectual and cultural dialogue in Kannada. Prolific writer of poetry, novels, essays, and plays, each reflecting human struggle, transformation, and spiritual evolution, his writings explored themes of good and evil, suffering, endurance, and divine order, emphasizing inner growth through patience and virtue.

Director  

Hulugappa Kattimani hails from Hagaribommanahalli, Karnataka. A seasoned theatre actor, director, and trainer with over 25 years of experience, known for integrating acting as therapy (Ranga Therapy) for prison inmates and redefining theatre as a means of emotional and social transformation. He has received Ninasam Theatre Training Diploma in 1985, and was part of Ninasam Tirugata, 1987–88 (mentored by Enagi Nataraj). He has worked with Rangayana, Mysuru (1989) under theatre exponent shri B.V. Karanth. He has performed in several national and international theatre festivals in countries like the U.S.A. (1992) and Germany (1995). He gave noteworthy performances in plays like Gandhi vs Gandhi, Shikari, Taledanda, Tipukanda Kanusugalu, Julius Caesar, Ramayana Darshanam, Parva, and Shikhara Soorya to name a few. Hulugappa Kattimani is founder of Ranga Therapy, conducting theatre-based rehabilitation for prison inmates across Karnataka.

Director’s Note

Aa Uru Ee Uru explores the delicate fabric of family life woven between two Brahmin households from Halalli and Nagarakote. Halalli embodies rural simplicity, while Nagarakote, on the threshold of modernity, depends on it for daily sustenance. Between them flow bonds of kinship, emotion, and social exchange. At its heart lies Sushila, a woman from Halalli who faces torment in her marital home. Unlike in Padmashri G.B. Joshi’s Mooka Bali, where she endures silently, here she and her husband rise with courage and moral conviction against oppression. Beneath its domestic setting, the play reflects the timeless struggle between virtue and cruelty, patience, and aggression. Through earthy dialect, poetic dialogue, and vivid portraits of everyday life, the play becomes not just a family drama but a mirror to human resilience and the enduring power of quiet strength.

Group  

Natamitraru Havyasi Kala Sangha (R.), started in 1989, is a renowned and active theatre organizations in Karnataka.  The group has produced and staged over 65 plays under the direction of prominent theatre personalities such as Malathi S. Sagar, Purushotham Talawata, Praveen Halmutturu, and Srikanth Kumta, and has performed at various venues across the state of Karnataka. The group has organized more than 20 children’s theatre training camps and over 12 workshops for college students, and has organized in Thirthahalli events such as the Shivamogga District Theatre Festival, College Theatre Festival, Amateur Theatre Festival, Rural Theatre Festival, State-level Drama Festival, and the National Theatre Festival in the name of shri B.V. Karanth.