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.