Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) Ram Madhvani, the director of 'Neerja' and the crime - thriller 'Aarya', has earned the distinction of sketching impactful female characters that manoeuvre the narrative flow in his artwork. But, the director says that he does not purposely choose female characters to headline his stories. What intrigues him is the crux of the story, the depth in the characters, the themes that a story touches upon and how he can lend his voice as a filmmaker to those stories.