after doing naseeb ni balihari in 1982 paresh rawal had stayed away from gujarati films for all these years however the long wait is finally over and the veteran actor has just started shooting for the gujarati film dear father based on his play with the same name in vadodara asked about what took him so long to make a comeback to gujarati films he says i was waiting for the right subject but wasnt getting it in between we tried to do something with ketan mehta but things didnt materialize then i got busy with hindi films and other stuff fortunately we have a readymade audience which has been nurtured over the years due to our fantastic theatre scene and we must take advantage of it why not give them good stuff i am not implying that whatever work is being done is inferior but i wanted to do something meaningful as well as entertaining i felt that the time was right and now we have an audience that is lapping up new ideas i believe that itna taiyaar audience kisi bhi language mein nahi hai and they are hungry for good content be it east africa the middle east the usa or london jahan jahan bhi gujarati plays ke shows hote hai your content reaches those shores so these are really exciting times excerpts from a chatits a delight to work with theatre artistes as they pick up the nuances quicklytalking about his costars in the film chetan dhanani and manasi parekh rawal says chetan and i have already done about 600 shows together all over the world for the play dear father in both hindi and gujarati i was supposed to work with manasi for a play earlier but it didnt work out its always a delight to work with theatre artistes as they pick up the nuances quickly he adds i am also glad that umang vyas is directing the film i had really liked his film ventilator and he has the required sensitivity to handle the subject asked about the challenges of adapting a play into a film he adds it is always difficult but we have tried to retain the flavour and soul of the playthe audience is changing and its a great phase for gujarati filmsso will we get to see him more often in gujarati films now rawal promises i have decided that from now on i will do at least one gujarati film every year there are so many good stories that are waiting to be told be it hellaro reva or some of malhar thakars films i have kept track of gujarati films in recent times the success of films like reva is heartening and it shows that the audience is definitely changing its a clear indication that there is an audience for good gujarati films and so makers can no longer say that there is no audience or they dont understand things if anyone blames the audience heshe is