14 Reels Entertainment

14 Reels Entertainment (14 Reels) (Telugu: 14 రీల్స్ ఎంటర్‌టైన్‌మెంట్) is an Indian film production company and distribution company established by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara.

History

Ram Achanta along his brother Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara started the production company in 2009. All three of them are successful NRI businessmen and have previous experience in film distribution. Anil Sunkara owns another production company called "AK Entertainments" and produced films like the 2010 successful film Bindaas and 2011 film Aha Naa Pellanta. In 2009, they three decided to enter film production and approached long time friend and successful director Srinu Vaitla. In 2009, they started their first film Namo Venkatesa under Vaitla's direction and with Venkatesh and Trisha Krishnan in lead roles. The film was released in 2010 and opened with mixed to negative reviews. Despite the reviews, the film performed decently at the box office. After Namo Venkatesa, they once again teamed up with Sreen Vaitla to produce Dookudu with Mahesh Babu and Samantha in lead roles. The film production started in late 2010 and was released in September 2011. Upon release the film took the largest opening for a Telugu film, and collected a share of a gross of 12.58 crores on the first day of its release. It collected a share of 35.01 crores and grossed 50.07 crores in its first week. On its complete theatrical run, the film grossed more than 100 crores. and also became the first film to cross the million dollar mark in USA. The film grossed 1.5 crores within two days, in UK, Australia, Dubai and Canada. The film also was nominated in 10 categories for the Filmfare Awards South and won 6 awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. After Dookudu, they once again teamed up with Mahesh Babu to do a film under the direction of Sukumar. The yet to be titled film (Sukumar's Untitled Project) stars Kajal Aggarwal opposite Mahesh Babu. The film is scheduled to release in 2013.

They also began film distribution under the 14 Reels banner in 2010 with S. S. Rajamouli's Maryada Ramanna. They distributed the film in Krishna district. They went on to distribute popular films such as Thakita Thakita, 180, 7th Sense, Rachcha, Endhukante... Premanta! and more recently the successful film Eega. They usually distribute films in Krishna region of Andhra Pradesh and in the Overseas.

Film production

Film distribution

External links

• Official Site
• 14 Reels Entertainment on Facebook
• 14 Reels Entertainment on YouTube