{"id":644957,"date":"2026-05-02T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644957\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:15:09","slug":"trishala-dutt-reveals-acting-was-never-her-passion-wanted-time-with-sanjay-dutt-hes-like-any-other-father-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644957\/","title":{"rendered":"Trishala Dutt reveals acting was never her passion, wanted time with Sanjay Dutt: ‘He\u2019s like any other father’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TrishalaTrishala Dutt opened up about her earlier desire to enter Bollywood, attributing it to a yearning for a deeper bond with her father, Sanjay Dutt, rather than a true love for acting. Ultimately, she pursued a career in psychotherapy, motivated by her own challenges and her father’s support in embracing her authentic path. For Trishala Dutt, the daughter of Bollywood legend Sanjay Dutt<\/a>, the lure of the silver screen was never about the craft of acting\u2014it was about the longing for connection. In a candid conversation recently, Trishala opened up about her youthful consideration of Bollywood and her ultimate decision to become a psychotherapist.<\/p>\n

Trishala Dutt on joining Bollywood<\/p>\n

Trishala Dutt said she once considered joining Bollywood, not because she loved acting but to be closer to her father, Sanjay Dutt. Speaking on the Inside Thoughts Out Loud Podcast, she said, \u201cI did think about that when I was younger. I wasn\u2019t thinking that I wanted to be an actor because acting is my passion. I just wanted to be closer to my dad.\u201d She eventually chose a different path and built a career as a therapist. <\/p>\n

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Trishala recalled how Sanjay reacted when she spoke to him about acting. She said, \u201cHe\u2019s been through hell and back. And he said, \u2018Is this your calling? Do you feel a pull to it?\u2019\u201d She added that he encouraged her to follow her passion rather than depend on his name.Trishala later moved away from acting and chose mental health as her field. She said, \u201cI have internal struggles just like everybody else. I became a therapist to let people know that it\u2019s okay to struggle.\u201d She added that she wanted to be relatable and show that life is not perfect for anyone, even those from film families. She also said conversations around mental health are still limited in the industry.<\/p>\n

Trishala Dutt\u2019s childhood and bond with Sanjay Dutt<\/p>\n

Born in 1988 to Sanjay Dutt and Richa Sharma, Trishala was raised in the United States by her maternal grandparents after her mother died in 1996. She has spoken about growing up away from her father and India. Reflecting on it, she said, \u201cIt\u2019s fine, I guess. I never lived with them to begin with\u2026 so I can\u2019t really answer how it feels living without them.\u201dTrishala also praised Deepika Padukone<\/a> for speaking about depression, calling it \u201cso brave.\u201d Talking about her bond with her father, she said, \u201cHonestly, it feels normal. He\u2019s like any other father.\u201d She added that being with Sanjay feels the same as any daughter spending time with her father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trishala Dutt opened up about her earlier desire to enter Bollywood, attributing it to a yearning for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20509,64,63,4057,447,1302,134,58912,311995,514,311994,17228,311993],"class_list":["post-644957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-acting-career","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bollywood","tag-celebrities","tag-deepika-padukone","tag-entertainment","tag-father-daughter-relationship","tag-film-families","tag-mental-health","tag-psychotherapist","tag-sanjay-dutt","tag-trishala-dutt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}