Meow (2016 film)

Meow is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Chinnas Palanisamy and starring a persian cat named Jenny in the lead role along with Raja, Sanjay, Hayden, Kumar and Urmila Gayathri.

Meow
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chinnas Palanisamy
Produced by	Vincent Adaikalaraj
Starring	Jenny Raja Sanjay Hayden Kumar Urmila Gayathri
Cinematography	Bojan K Dinesh
Edited by	Sathish Suriya
Music by	Sreejith Edavano
Production company	Global Woods Movies
Release date	December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Jenny as Selfie
• Raja as Gowtham
• Sanjay Micky as Karthi
• Hayden as Kiran
• Kumar as Akash
• Urmila Gayathri as Sughana
• Shiney as Kutty
• Daniel Annie Pope as WhatsApp Mani
• Yuvina Parthavi as Shelby's caretaker
• Stanley as Shelby's caretaker's father
• Sai Gopi as a psycho
• Telephone Raj as constable
• Anand Thaka as the police sub-inspector
• Mohana as Mayil

Production

This was the first time a cat played the lead role in a Tamil film. The makers of the film bought a cat named Jenny for the film and used computer graphics for anything that the cat cannot do.^[1][2]

Music

The music for the film was composed by Sreejith Edavano.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oru Cute Little Ponnu"	Vivek	Neha Venugopal, Sooraj Santhosh	4:26
2.	"Bang Bang"	Navin Kannan	Deepak, Shaan Johnson, Sharanya Gopinath	3:47
3.	"Paavam Intha Poonai"	Navin Kannan	Sreejith Edavano	3:51
4.	"Inky Pinky"	Navin Kannan	Sreejith Edavano	1:25
5.	"Paavam Intha Poonai (Pathos)"	Navin Kannan	Sreejith Edavano	1:26
Total length:				14:55

Reception

Thinkal Menon of The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and said that "The director has attempted to bring difference to a done-to-death plot by giving importance to a cat. Though the idea isn't bad, the poor quality of the computer graphics and ineffective screenplay let down the entire film".^[4] Chitra Deepa Anantharam of The Hindu mocked the film and said that "Those of you who withstood the last 30 minutes, may you come across an empty ATM loaded with cash or at least get change for Rs. 2000".^[5] On the contrary, Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express opined that "With 112 minutes of running time, Meow is a watchable and an engaging entertainer".^[6] A critic from Samayam said that the film could be enjoyed if you overlook the minor glitches.^[7] Critics from Dinamalar and Maalai Malar criticised the age-old storyline.^[8][9]