The National Instt. of Communicable Diseases has evolved over the past 100 years from the Malaria Institute of India in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh to a full fledged national centre with eight branches across the nation. The next step, in consequence, is to reach it to the status of National Centre Disease Control on lines of CDC Atlanta. To achieve this target the Centre needs to expand not only in terms of infrastructure like buildings, laboratories, hostel facilities, but also in terms of manpower. The plans are to further increase training facilities too. Such an expansion would require close to Rs. 50,000,000/-(Rupees Fifty Million or Rs. 500 crores). This sum and the need for expansion must be sanctioned by the Planning Commission. To convince the Planning Commission of the need for such expansion, NICD decided to support their cause through a comprehensive film detailing the need and the vision. NICD to NCDC was the result of this need. The film detailed the step wise construction of towers, with underground parking facilities, keeping in line with the needs of the central building – which is a heritage building and must be preserved with no tall buildings within a certain range. Though in some ways this was restrictive, it challenges the architects to provide for modern growth with a eye to the past. The Film was successful in achieving its primary goal – to convince the planning commission of the need for expansion. It is now being used as an introductory film for those who are new to NICD.