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''''' Unto the Dusk''''' ([[Malayalam]]: <big> അസ്തമയം വരെ </big> or '''''Asthamayam Vare''''') is a [[Malayalam film]] directed by Sajin Baabu as his first feature project in Malayalam.<ref name="The Hindu January 23, 2014"/><ref name="Indiaglitz 1">{{cite news|last1=staff|title=Sajin Babu makes waves with Unto the Dusk|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/sajin-babu-makes-waves-with-unto-the-dusk-malayalam-news-114933.html|access-date=11 September 2015|publisher=Indiaglitz|date=24 September 2014}}</ref>  The film stars first-timers Prakruthi Dutta Mukheri, Shilpa Kavalam, and Sanal Aman.<ref name="New Indian Express June 29, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Manu|first1=Meera|title=From Unto the Dusk to Finding the Spotligh|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/From-Unto-the-Dusk-to-Finding-the-Spotlight/2015/06/29/article2886001.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]|date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 9, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Sathyendran|first1=Nita|title=Talking cinema|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kr-manojs-kanyaka-talkies-gives-a-shot-for-independent-malayalam-cinema/article7399376.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 18, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Praveen|first1=S. R.|title=Big strides by small films|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/big-strides-by-small-films/article7437004.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 26, 2015">{{cite news|last1=styaff reporter |title=Film society's children|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/film-societys-children/article7466176.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 July 2015}}</ref>
''''' Unto the Dusk''''' ('''''Asthamayam Vare''''') is a [[Malayalam film]] directed by [[Sajin Baabu]] as his first feature project in Malayalam.<ref name="The Hindu January 23, 2014"/>  The film stars first-timers Prakruthi Dutta Mukheri, Shilpa Kavalam, and Sanal Aman.<ref name="New Indian Express June 29, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Manu|first1=Meera|title=From Unto the Dusk to Finding the Spotligh|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/From-Unto-the-Dusk-to-Finding-the-Spotlight/2015/06/29/article2886001.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029183716/http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/From-Unto-the-Dusk-to-Finding-the-Spotlight/2015/06/29/article2886001.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2015|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]|date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 9, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Sathyendran|first1=Nita|title=Talking cinema|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kr-manojs-kanyaka-talkies-gives-a-shot-for-independent-malayalam-cinema/article7399376.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 July 2015|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730034115/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/kr-manojs-kanyaka-talkies-gives-a-shot-for-independent-malayalam-cinema/article7399376.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 18, 2015">{{cite news|last1=Praveen|first1=S. R.|title=Big strides by small films|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/big-strides-by-small-films/article7437004.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu July 26, 2015">{{cite news|last1=styaff reporter |title=Film society's children|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/film-societys-children/article7466176.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 July 2015}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Wishing to try a "novel approach" to visual communication, Sajin Baabu wrote the script with no background score and with characters being un-named, and in December 2010, while he was with a team at the Kairali Theatre in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] to shoot a documentary of one of the [[IFFK]] delegates, he met writer and artist M.P. Sheeja. After he showed her his script for ''Unto the Dusk'', she agreed to produce it with her associate L. Geetha.  In December 2013, the film was reported and being near completion with an expected release date for some time in early 2014.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle 1">{{cite news|last1=Cris|title=A film with nameless characters|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131209/entertainment-mollywood/article/film-nameless-characters|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=9 December 2013}}</ref>  Most of the film's cast are "first-timers".<ref name="The Hindu January 23, 2014">{{cite news|last1=Cheerath|first1=Bhawani|title=Keeping the faith|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/keeping-the-faith/article5605625.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 January 2014}}</ref>
Wishing to try a "novel approach" to visual communication, Sajin Baabu wrote the script with no background score and with characters being unnamed, and in December 2010, while he was with a team at the Kairali Theatre in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] to shoot a documentary of one of the [[IFFK]] delegates, he met writer and artist M.P. Sheeja. After he showed her his script for ''Unto the Dusk'', she agreed to produce it with her associate L. Geetha.  In December 2013, the film was reported and being near completion with an expected release date for some time in early 2014.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle 1">{{cite news|last1=Cris|title=A film with nameless characters|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131209/entertainment-mollywood/article/film-nameless-characters|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=9 December 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110353/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131209/entertainment-mollywood/article/film-nameless-characters|url-status=live}}</ref>  Most of the film's cast are "first-timers".<ref name="The Hindu January 23, 2014">{{cite news|last1=Cheerath|first1=Bhawani|title=Keeping the faith|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/keeping-the-faith/article5605625.ece|access-date=11 September 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 January 2014|archive-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706103204/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/keeping-the-faith/article5605625.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
Unto the dusk was first premiered in Mumbai International Film Festival in 2014 in India Gold category followed by Bengaluru International Film festival 2014 where it won ''Chitrbharathi'' award for Best Indian Film. The film was one of the movies that was selected for the International Film competition section in International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2014 winning ''Rajathachakoram'' and the Certificate of Merit for Promotion.
Unto the dusk was first premiered in [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in 2014 in India Gold category followed by [[Bengaluru International Film Festival|Bengaluru International Film festival]] 2014 where it won ''Chitrbharathi'' award for Best Indian Film. The film was one of the movies that was selected for the International Film competition section in International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2014 winning ''Rajathachakoram'' and the Certificate of Merit for Promotion.


The movie also won the director, Sajin Baabu, the Best-Debut Director Award at Kerala Film Critic's Association 2014.
The movie also won the director, Sajin Baabu, the Best-Debut Director Award at Kerala Film Critic's Association 2014.
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3675896/ ''Unto the Dusk''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
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* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20141031123233/http://www.untothedusk.com/}} [[Wayback Machine|as archived 31 October 2014]]
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20141031123233/http://www.untothedusk.com/}} [[Wayback Machine|as archived 31 October 2014]]


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Latest revision as of 02:12, 4 March 2026

Unto the Dusk
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySajin Baabu
Produced by
  • M.P. Sheeja
  • L. Geetha
Screenplay by
  • Jose John
  • Sajin Baabu
Story by
  • Jose John
  • Sajin Baabu
Starring
  • Prakruthi Dutta Mukheri
  • Shilpa Kavalam
  • Sanal Aman
  • Joseph Mapilacherry
  • Shakkir
  • Lijo Jose Pallissery
CinematographyKarthik Muthukumar
Edited byKarthik Jogesh, Finn George Modathara
Release date
  • 19 October 2014 (2014-10-19) (India)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Unto the Dusk (Asthamayam Vare) is a Malayalam film directed by Sajin Baabu as his first feature project in Malayalam.[1] The film stars first-timers Prakruthi Dutta Mukheri, Shilpa Kavalam, and Sanal Aman.[2][3][4][5]

Background[edit | edit source]

Wishing to try a "novel approach" to visual communication, Sajin Baabu wrote the script with no background score and with characters being unnamed, and in December 2010, while he was with a team at the Kairali Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram to shoot a documentary of one of the IFFK delegates, he met writer and artist M.P. Sheeja. After he showed her his script for Unto the Dusk, she agreed to produce it with her associate L. Geetha. In December 2013, the film was reported and being near completion with an expected release date for some time in early 2014.[6] Most of the film's cast are "first-timers".[1]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film opens with a scene of death of a young choir singer in a seminary with evidence pointing towards necrophilia. The police suspects and tortures two seminary students. What follows is a nonlinear, fragmented, cinematic collection of images that travel back and forth in time, in fine detail at times and just a suggestive glance at other times, thus assisting and obfuscating the viewer in this engagement with the film.

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • Sanal Aman
  • Prakruthi Dutta Mukherji
  • Shilpa Kavalam
  • Joseph Mappilacherry
  • Zakkir
  • Neeraj Gupta
  • Sivan Vadakara
  • Stephy Johns
  • Meenakshi
  • Shabna
  • Titus
  • Shajahan Abhinaya
  • N. M. Sunny
  • Saji Kaavalam

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Unto the dusk was first premiered in Mumbai International Film Festival in 2014 in India Gold category followed by Bengaluru International Film festival 2014 where it won Chitrbharathi award for Best Indian Film. The film was one of the movies that was selected for the International Film competition section in International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2014 winning Rajathachakoram and the Certificate of Merit for Promotion.

The movie also won the director, Sajin Baabu, the Best-Debut Director Award at Kerala Film Critic's Association 2014.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cheerath, Bhawani (23 January 2014). "Keeping the faith". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Manu, Meera (29 June 2015). "From Unto the Dusk to Finding the Spotligh". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Sathyendran, Nita (9 July 2015). "Talking cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Praveen, S. R. (18 July 2015). "Big strides by small films". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ↑ styaff reporter (26 July 2015). "Film society's children". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Cris (9 December 2013). "A film with nameless characters". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links[edit | edit source]

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