August Club

Name: August Club
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-04-20
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Praveen Anidil, Esther Anil, Mala Aravindan

2013
2h

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

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August Club since 1969 is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by K. B. Venu. Rima Kallingal stars in the story about the nuances in marital life. Savithri is a young happily married housewife and an uncrowned chess champion in a nearby local club. Surprisingly, is defeated in a game of chess by a newcomer at the club. They get engaged in an emotional game of music and poetry while playing chess.

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'August Club' is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by K. B. Venu. Rima Kallingal stars in the story about the nuances in marital life. Savithri is a happily-married young homemaker and an ... Read all'August Club' is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by K. B. Venu. Rima Kallingal stars in the story about the nuances in marital life. Savithri is a happily-married young homemaker and an uncrowned chess champion in a nearby local club. Surprisingly, she is defeated in a game o... Read all'August Club' is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by K. B. Venu. Rima Kallingal stars in the story about the nuances in marital life. Savithri is a happily-married young homemaker and an uncrowned chess champion in a nearby local club. Surprisingly, she is defeated in a game of chess by a newcomer at the club. They get engaged in an emotional game of music and poet... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The film was released after the demise of two cast members, namely Thilakan & Sukumari.

Goofs
KPAC Lalitha asks Rima Kallignal over the phone to send few dresses for her daughter who was gonna stay at her place for few more days. But, in the final sequence, the children are at Rima's house playing.

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2/10

Slower Than Reality. ♦ 21%

Starting off with some substance, August Club takes its audience to thrive into a pool of boredom, made possible by dull music, repeatability & hollow story.

The mystery behind the mind of a married woman, played by Rima Kallignal, comes into picture as she tries to fight monotony in her life. She is very good, and so are her co-actors. The subtlety of the subject, of which the central theme is based on the game of chess, goes beyond its walls, but towards the climax, nothing seems to gel right. Had the characters "acted" and showed what they had implied, it would have made a meaningful watch. But, it strives to excel & loses its queen.

Thilakan should have stopped acting just before this movie & turned down this film. May he RIP!

Huge goofs all through the movie & heavy use vulgarity & adult references, makes me wanna rate it a pitiless 2.1/10. The debut makers need to add in some more potential in to their story, plot & setup. The plot can be monotony, of course, but unfortunately the styling is same, as well.

BOTTOM LINE: Not recommended. It would be fun for chess & philosophy fanatics.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity: Strong | Vulgarity: Critical | Nudity: No | Foreplay/Mouth- Kiss: Mild | Sex: No | Smoking/Alcohol: Strong | Drugs: No | Violence/Gore: No

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