Unlike the “Award Films” in Tamil/Malayalam cinema, my interest lies in telling a good story in a commercially successful way. This project is an attempt to understand the audience and what they appreciate. ‘Wings of Fire,’ the autobiography of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is the book that first came to my mind when I was thinking about what to write for my first fictional short film. There are multiple reasons for this choice, but the most important is the absence of any movie about this great person. The concept of the story is to have gripping, high-stakes walk-and-talk conversations, through which we learn about the strengths and weaknesses, the moral and psychological conflicts, and insights into the protagonist’s personal life, Abdul Kalam. My work as the filmmaker covers roughly the entire process, the three stages of production. I have also adopted the story structure proposed by John Truby in his book ‘The Anatomy of a Story.’