Writing since 2009
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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In this age of short attention spans Sandeep Reddy Vanga has done the unthinkable with his latest film Animal—he has not only managed to hold our attention in the theatres with a film that’s three hours twenty one minut…
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