PTI

Mumbai, Jul 5: Trishala, the 19-year-old daughter of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, has said that there is no tension between her and her father over his marriage to Manyata.

She, who lives in the United States with her maternal grandparents told the newly-launched magazine 'People' in an interview that she had spoken to him a few weeks after his marriage.

"When we spoke, it was like any other conversation, completely normal. There was no tension between us," Trishala said.

"He seems to be happy and if he is happy then I'm also happy for him. If he found everything he needs in her (Manyata) then that's great," said Trishala after spending six days with her father.

To a question that why she was not attending her father's calls after his marriage, Trishala said," No, I was not ignoring his calls. I was busy. There were times when I was in class when dad called and then it would be too late for me to call him back in India. Dad got the wrong idea of why I wasn't taking his calls so he finally messaged me and I called him back."

On her relationship with Manyata, Trishala said, "So far so good." Sanjay, who is currently stationed in Bahamas for the shooting of 'Blue' along with wife Manyata, spent six days with his daughter.

According to the magazine, the days preceding their meeting, Trishala was both nervous and happy. Nervous, because she had not met her dad for over one-and-a-half years. Joyous, because she was looking forward to spending some quality time with him.

It is clear that it was very emotional for both father and daughter. They connected the goings-on in each other's lives once again.

As for Trishala and Manyata, it would be interesting to see how their relationship develops.

Manyata, it may be recalled, was said to be the reason for an estrangement between daughter and dad. Just before Sanjay's marriage to Manyata, Trishala gave a series of well-publicised interviews stating that her father had given her to understand that she would be the only woman in his life.

Sanjay's first wife and Trishala's mother Richa Sharma died of cancer on December 10, 1996 and Trishala has always lived with her aunt (mother's sister, Enna) and her grandparents in Bayside, Queens, New York.

The teenager, who is a second year student at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, has also expressed her desire to join films.

She has had her portfolio shot and aunt Enn has promised to help launch her film career.

However, Trishala is yet to speak to her dad about the movie plans.