777 Charlie (2022) on Netflix
NR20222h 46m
A Labrador puppy escapes a breeding facility and turns up in Dharma's Mysore colony. The reclusive factory worker, alone since a car crash killed his family, is drawn into looking after her.
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- Rotten Tomatoes100%
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Plot summary
The puppy flees a commercial breeding facility where animals are caged and mistreated, and makes a long journey to the Chinmaya colony in Mysore, where Dharma lives alone. He works at a factory, drinks heavily, keeps to himself and watches Charlie Chaplin films, having withdrawn since a road accident in which a dog appeared suddenly and his parents and sister died. A neighborhood music festival terrifies the puppy. Dharma storms out and smashes the band's instruments, and the animal begins trailing him, eating what he discards and sheltering in his trash bin. When a vehicle hits her, he carries her to a veterinary clinic, and Dr. Ashwin, who treats her, asks him to foster her until an adopter is found. Despite local rules against pets, he files an application for a dog license.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 777 Charlie (2022)
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- After 777 Charlie, demand for Labradors reportedly increased, prompting experts and activists to warn that buying pets on short-term emotion could cause a demand spike and unethical breeding; a sniffer dog inducted into the Mangalore police department was named Charlie.
- Aravinnd Iyer was initially considered for the lead in 777 Charlie, recommended by Shetty, but left in February 2018 when production delayed and his schedule clashed with Bheemasena Nalamaharaja; Shetty replaced him.
- Before filming began in June 2018, dog trainer BC Pramod spent three weeks training three Labrador Retrievers to play Charlie, aiming for a real and convincing bond between the dog and the lead actor.
- Sangeetha Sringeri won the female lead in an audition announced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah in May 2018, chosen from more than 2,700 entries.
- Kiranraj chose Mangalore for 777 Charlie's first schedule because the opening scenes needed an exclusive fish-selling zone not available anywhere in the state.
- For its pan-India release, director Kiranraj and his team hired more than 200 voice artists to dub over 50 characters in five languages, aiming to keep each version from feeling like a dub.
