Airplane) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Pradeep M. Nair.

[2][3][4][5] This film is said to be loosely based on the life of Saji Thomas, who can neither hear nor speak, but designed and built a lightweight aircraft.

[6] Professor J. Venkiteshwaran receives a Padma Bhushan for the designs of planes he built for the Indian Air Force.

Venkiteshwaran receives a phone call from his old love interest Janaki's daughter, Gouri, who requests him to meet her terminally ill mother, as it is her final wish.

A young Venkiteshwaran, known as Venkidi, has often dropped-out of school despite his intelligence due to bullying for his use of a hearing aid.

Vimaanam is loosely based on the life of Saji Thomas, who could neither hear nor speak but who designed and built his own ultralight aircraft.