There is tendency among us to term a film bold if it revolves around a female character, it does really matter what the story is or what it is trying to convey.
August Club Since 1969 is one such effort directed by K B Venu based on Venalinte Kalaneekkangal, a short story by P Ananthapadmanabhan, son of legendary director P Padmarajan.
It tells the story of Savithri (Rima Kallingal), a vibrant young lady with interest in chess, writing poems in English and reading.
She visits August Club to satisfy her interests, she is a star here and is also encouraged by an elderly patron KPT Menon (Thilakan).
Savithri's family life is very different from her other pursuits, she has two little kids and her husband Nandan (Murali Gopy), a high flying executive in the private sector has very different set of interests and is always ready for a lively argument with his wife over them. The spark in their marriage seems to have died as the husband is busy earning and the wife is busy rearing kids.
Even the personalities of the couple are radically different -- while Savithri has refined tastes and uses the language appropriately, her husband believes in being open and blunt (at least with his wife in their bedroom as he once explains).
Savithri has a flirtatious female friend
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