Pleader, after Keshwanandji's caretaker refused to let him see the saint and told him to go away, succeeded in persuading him to show a photograph of Meher Baba to Keshwanandji. Seeing the photograph, Keshwanandji smiled and then called Pleader to approach. He remarked that he normally never let any stranger come near him, but seeing this photograph, he had permitted Pleader an audience because Meher Baba was "the Master of the universe."
Keshwanandji Maharaj further stated: "Meher Baba bears the burden of the whole creation on his shoulders, so great a soul is he."
Keshwanandji allowed Pleader to stay with him for some months and to assist in serving him.
Baba's work was manifesting in India with full force for this cinema called the world — while in Europe, intense discussions continued about making a film centered around him — the Avatar . Baba was setting plans in motion to go to the West again. Norina, Elizabeth and Gabriel Pascal, the film producer they had contacted, cabled Baba from New York on 28 April 1934 that arrangements were being made to begin shooting the film within two months and Baba's presence was required.
Baba went for a drive on the morning of 1 May and strolled in the shade at the extensive Lal Bagh botanical gardens. Meanwhile Sampath Aiyangar's daughter Janaky and his cousin C. V. Ramanujacharlu came to Bangalore from Madras on 1 May, and Baba met them along with the rest of Aiyangar's family at his house. Aiyangar's grandchildren Mehernath and Vasumathi were both ill, and Baba visited them again, and advised Aiyangar about family matters and personal affairs.
Cutting short his tour to South India, Baba left Bangalore on the 2nd, reaching Meherabad the next day. The entire mandali were waiting by the railway line to wave as the train passed by on its way to the Nagar station.
Adi Jr. had arrived from Poona and Baily was at Meherabad, also. Rustom arrived from Nasik and discussed plans with Baba for his film project. Frequent correspondence with Norina, Elizabeth and Gabriel Pascal concerning their film, based on Karl's scenario, was ongoing, as well as preparations for Baba's next journey to the West.
In regards to his absence from Meherabad, Baba ordered Adi Sr. to search for a suitable residence in Ahmednagar where Mehera and the women's group could stay while he was away. Bapu Brahmin and Maruti Patil were ordered to take extra care to water the garden in front of his Jhopdi, while he was away, especially the mango trees in the orchard (to the south of the Jhopdi), as Baba said that they had spiritual significance.