Ice (2003 film)

Ice is a remake of the director's 2002 Telugu film Kalusukovalani which featured Uday Kiran and Gajala. The film became the maiden production venture of Sherif Ahmed for his Joy Entertainment. Gayathri Raguram was first chosen to play the heroine, but was subsequently replaced by Priyanka Trivedi. Devi Sri Prasad's tunes from the original version were retained, while cranking the camera was Shri, who had apprenticed with P. C. Sriram. The sets are designed by M. Prabhakar, the stunt and dance choreography are by Shiva and Cool Jayant respectively. At the YMCA grounds, Chennai, a song was picturised on the hero. After a schedule in Chennai, the unit shifts to locations abroad to the Alps. The filming was also held at Australia, Vienna, Germany and Switzerland where the original version was shot. == Soundtrack ==

Devi Sri Prasad reused all songs from the original Telugu film while four songs were newly composed: "Appappa Un Paarvai", "Gumthalakkadi", "Hey Penne" and "Vaaname Enakke". ==Release and reception==

A critic from The Hindu commended the film's technical aspects but stated "as the game goes on without respite, the viewer feels restless and exasperated." Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "And to think that the film's original Telugu version 'Kalasu Kavalani' was a big success in Andhra! At least the Tamil version doesn't look like it will repeat the success story! In the growing list of promising debutants is Ashok who can dance-fight-romance as good as any other hero. Priyanka is a sight for sore eyes. Vivek's is comedy-missed". A critic from Sify wrote "The film is weak due to crippled performances and lack of originality and presentation". Soon after the release of the films, Ashok signed on to appear in Varma, opposite Chaya Singh. However, the project was later cancelled. ==References==