Writing since 2009

Movies, life, and a lot more...

Essays on popular culture, technology, politics, life and anything that ignites the mind, by Kartik Dayanand Boddapati: architect, one-time VFX supervisor and founder of Mind u Read Media.

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Mind u Read began as this blog. In 2022 it grew into a publishing house, so that other writers could get their stories out too. We take a manuscript the last mile: edited, designed, printed in India and available worldwide on Amazon.

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New from Mind u Read Media

Movies Beyond Stars Beta

Five honest scores. One real verdict.

For years I’ve written here about why films work on us. Movies Beyond Stars is the quick version, with no reviews to write: give a film your verdict on emotion, story, music, acting and visuals in a few seconds, and see how your taste compares with everyone else’s.

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