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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = 14 Reels Plus LLP
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| former_name = 14 Reels Entertainment (2009-2017)
| founder = Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta [[Anil Sunkara]]
| owner = Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta
| foundation = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] in 2009
| location_city = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] India
| key_people = Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta
| industry = [[Entertainment]]
| products = [[Films]]
}}

'''14 Reels Plus''' is a [[Telugu cinema]], [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] [[production company]] and distribution company established by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and [[Anil Sunkara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chithr.com/banner/profile/888/14-reels-entertainment-profile.html |title=14 Reels Entertainment |publisher=Chithr.com |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

==History==
Ram Achanta with his brother Gopichand Achanta and [[Anil Sunkara]] started the [[production company]] in 2009. All three of them are [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] businessmen and have previous experience in film distribution. Anil Sunkara owns another production company called "AK Entertainments" and produced ''[[Bindaas (2010 film)|Bindaas]]'' and 2011 film ''[[Aha Naa Pellanta! (2011 film)|Aha Naa Pellanta]]''. In 2009, the three decided to enter film production and approached their long time friend and director [[Srinu Vaitla]]. In 2009, they started their first film ''Namo Venkatesa'' under Vaitla's direction and with [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] and [[Trisha Krishnan]] in lead roles. The film was released in 2010 and opened with mixed to negative reviews.

After Namo Venkatesa, they again teamed up with Sreen Vaitla to produce ''Dookudu'' with [[Mahesh Babu]] and [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|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 cinema|Telugu film]], and collected a total share of {{INR}}{{INR}} 50.07 crores. The film was nominated in 10 categories for the [[59th Filmfare Awards South|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 for 1 (Nenokkadine), directed by Sukumar. The film stars [[Kriti Sanon]] opposite Mahesh Babu and was scheduled to release in 2014. 1 nenokkadine collected {{INRConvert|60|c}} domestic nett and {{INRConvert|5|c}} in the rest of India. At overseas 1 nenokkadine boosted up with {{INRConvert|13|c}} nett being 2nd highest grosser at Overseas despite of mixed reviews. 1 nenokkadine collected {{INRConvert|75|c}} nett in 80 Days worldwide with a gross of {{INRConvert|115|c}}.
1 nenokkadine was made with a budget of {{INRConvert|70|c}} with {{INR}} 5 crores extra in Prints and marketing. 1 nenokkadine Pre-release revenue's went up to {{INRConvert|92.5|c}}.

They began film distribution under the 14 Reels banner in 2010 with [[S. S. Rajamouli]]'s [[Maryada Ramanna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemahour.com/celebgossippage.aspx?id=5291 |title=14 Reels Bought Rights for Krishna |publisher=Cinemahour.com |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> They distributed the film in [[Krishna district]]. They went on to distribute ''[[Thakita Thakita]]'', ''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180]]'', ''7th Sense'', ''Rachcha'', ''[[Endukante... Premanta!]]'' and more recently ''Eega''. They usually distribute films in Krishna region of Andhra Pradesh and Overseas.

In 2018, Ram and Gopichand Achanta started producing under ''14 Reels Plus LLC'' marking Gaddalakonda Ganesh as their first production with out the involvement of [[Anil Sunkara]] who was actively producing under ''AK Entertainments''.<ref name="IndExp">{{Cite web |url= https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/varun-tej-new-film-valmiki-launched-5556987/lite/|title=Varun Tej’s new film Valmiki launched|website=Indian Express |accessdate=13 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/atharvaa-makes-his-telugu-film-debut-with-valmiki/article29449437.ece|title=Atharvaa makes his Telugu film debut with 'Valmiki'|first=Y. Sunita|last=Chowdhary|date=18 September 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Film production==
=== As 14 Reels Plus ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| No
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Language
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Actors
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
| 1
| 2019
| ''Gaddalakonda Ganesh''<ref name="IndExp"/>
| rowspan="6" | Telugu
| [[Varun Tej]], [[Atharvaa]], [[Pooja Hegde]], [[Mirnalini Ravi]]
| [[Harish Shankar]]
|
|-
| 2
| 2020
| ''[[Sreekaram]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sreekaram-first-look-of-sharwanands-upcoming-film-unveiled/articleshow/73656086.cms|title=Sreekaram: First look of Sharwanand's upcoming film unveiled - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
| [[Sharwanand]], Priyanka Arul Mohan, Sai Kumar, [[Murali Sharma]], [[Rao Ramesh]]
| Kishore Reddy
|
|-
|3
|2021
|[[Sarkaru Vaari Paata]]''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-31|title=Mahesh Babu announces next film 'Sarkaru Vaari Paata'|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/southern_cinema/mahesh-babu-announces-next-film-sarkaru-vaari-paata-1502894827.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref>''
|[[Mahesh Babu]], [[Keerthy Suresh]]
|[[Parasuram (director)|Parasuram]]
|Co-Produced with [[Mythri Movie Makers]] & [[G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment|G.Mahesh Babu Entertainment]]
|}

===As 14 Reels Entertainment===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| No
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Language
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Actors
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
||1 || 2010 || ''[[Namo Venkatesa]]''||[[Telugu Language|Telugu]] ||[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] ||[[Srinu Vaitla]] ||
|-
||2 || 2011 || ''[[Dookudu]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Mahesh Babu]], [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]] ||Srinu Vaitla ||[[Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film]] [[South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Award for Best Film]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]] Remade in Kannada as [[Power (2014 Kannada film)|Power]]
|-
||3 || 2014 || ''[[1: Nenokkadine|1 Nenokkadine]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Mahesh Babu]], [[Kriti Sanon]] ||[[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] ||
|-
||4 || 2014 ||''[[Legend (2014 film)|Legend]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], [[Jagapathi Babu]], [[Radhika Apte]], [[Sonal Chauhan]] || [[Boyapati Srinu]] || Co Production with '''[[Varahi Chalana Chitram]]'''
|-
||5 || 2014 ||''[[Power (2014 Kannada film)|Power]]''||[[Kannada Language|Kannada]]||[[Puneeth Rajkumar]], Trisha || Madesh||Remake of [[Dookudu]]
|-
||6 || 2014 || ''[[Aagadu]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||Mahesh Babu, [[Tamannaah Bhatia]] ||Srinu Vaitla ||
|-
||7 || 2016 || ''[[Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]|| [[Nani (actor)|Nani]], [[Mehreen Pirzada]], [[Harish Uthaman]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Murali Sharma]], [[Brahmaji]] || [[Hanu Raghavapudi]] ||
|-
||8 || 2016 || ''[[Hyper (2016 film)|Hyper]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Ram Pothineni]], [[Raashi Khanna]], [[Sathyaraj]] ||[[Santosh Srinivas]] ||
|-
||9 || 2017 || ''[[Lie (film)|LIE]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]|| [[Nithiin]], [[Megha Akash]], [[Arjun Sarja]] || [[Hanu Raghavapudi]] ||
|-
|}

==Film distribution==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film
! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Notes
|-
|| 2010|| ''[[Maryada Ramanna]]'' || [[Krishna district]]
|-
|| 2010 || ''[[Namo Venkatesa]]'' ||
|-
|| 2010 || ''[[Thakita Thakita]]'' || Krishna district<ref name="reels1">{{cite web |url=http://www.14reels.net/distribution.html |title=14 Reels Entertainment (P) Ltd - DISTRIBUTION |publisher=14reels.net |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712061633/http://www.14reels.net/distribution.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|| 2011 || ''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180]]'' || Krishna district<ref name="reels1" />
|-
|| 2011 || ''[[Dookudu]]'' ||
|-
|| 2011 || ''[[7aum Arivu|7th Sense]]'' || Krishna district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=141&cid=8&fid=498 |title=Great offers for 7th Sense in the state! |publisher=AndhraBoxOffice.com |date=15 October 2011 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2011 || ''[[Rajapattai|Veedinthe]]'' || Krishna district
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Rachcha]]'' || Krishna district<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ciniden.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-threat-to-rachcha-from-krishna.html |title=No Threat @ to Rachcha from Krishna Distributors | ciniden |publisher=Ciniden.blogspot.com |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127045946/http://ciniden.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-threat-to-rachcha-from-krishna.html |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Vizag<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinevedika.net/2012/02/rachcha-pre-release-business-details.html |title='Rachcha' Pre Release Business Details |publisher=Cine Vedika |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630084146/http://cinevedika.net/2012/02/rachcha-pre-release-business-details.html |archive-date=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Endukante... Premanta!]]'' || Overseas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/usschedules/endukantepremanta.html |title=Endukante Premanta Overseas by 14 Reels Entertainment Pvt Ltd through FICUS |publisher=idlebrain.com |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Eega]]'' || Overseas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/81778.html |title=Eega Overseas by 14 Reels through FICUS - Telugu Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=4 May 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Naan Ee]]'' || USA Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/press-note-nann-ee-in-usa-canada-by-14-reels-entertainment-pvt-ltd-through-ficus.html |title=Press Note : Nann Ee in USA & Canada by 14 Reels Entertainment Pvt Ltd through FICUS |publisher=123telugu.com |date=1 January 1998 |accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Tuneega Tuneega]]'' || Overseas<ref>{{cite web|title=Tuniga Tuniga Overseas by 14 Reels through FICUS |url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/press-note-tuniga-tuniga-overseas-by-14-reels-through-ficus.html |publisher=123 Telugu |accessdate=6 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831084627/http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/press-note-tuniga-tuniga-overseas-by-14-reels-through-ficus.html |archivedate=31 August 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Andala Rakshasi]]'' || Overseas<ref>{{cite web|last=A S|first=Sashidhar|title=14 Reels bags Andala Rakshasi overseas rights|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/news-interviews/33081853_1_andala-rakshasi-dil-raju-movie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012034818/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/news-interviews/33081853_1_andala-rakshasi-dil-raju-movie|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Rebel (2012 film)|Rebel]]'' || Krishna district<ref>{{cite web|title=Rebel Distribution rights|url=http://www.andhrareporter.com/component/content/article/124-box-office/distributors-lists/4125-rebel-dil-raju-bags-nizam-rights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115212905/http://www.andhrareporter.com/component/content/article/124-box-office/distributors-lists/4125-rebel-dil-raju-bags-nizam-rights|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2012|publisher=Andhra Reporter|accessdate=6 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| 2012 || ''[[Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu]]'' || Krishna district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/news-interviews/34279015_1_theatrical-rights-cgtr-bunny-vasu|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127004239/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/news-interviews/34279015_1_theatrical-rights-cgtr-bunny-vasu|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|title=14 Reels bags CGTR rights for Krishna Dt.|date=5 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=5 October 2012}}</ref> 
|-
|| 2013 || ''[[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]]'' || Overseas<ref name="Supergoodmovies.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/41630/tollywood/14-reels-bought-svsc-overseas-rights-news-details |title=14 Reels bought 'SVSC' Overseas Rights |publisher=Supergoodmovies.com |date=19 March 2012 |accessdate=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718194009/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/41630/tollywood/14-reels-bought-svsc-overseas-rights-news-details |archive-date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
|| 2011 || ''[[Dookudu]]'' || Overseas<ref name="Supergoodmovies.com"/> 
|-
|| 2013 || ''[[Mirchi (film)|Mirchi]]'' || Krishna district<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofap.com/cinema/prabhas-mirchi-rights-sold-for-huge-prices_51343.html |title= Prabhas Mirchi Rights Sold For Huge Prices |publisher= timesofap.com |accessdate= 5 January 2013  |archive-date= 7 January 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130107101056/http://timesofap.com/cinema/prabhas-mirchi-rights-sold-for-huge-prices_51343.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120707050606/http://www.14reels.net/ Official Site]
* {{imdb company|id= 0301737|name=14 Reels Entertainment }}
* {{IMDb name|3885343|Gopichand Achanta}}
* {{IMDb name|3885585|Ram Achanta}}
* {{IMDb name|3766434|Anil Sunkara}}

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Manvith Marwadi at 02:51, 28 July 2023