Nutan's granddaughter and Mohnish Bahl's daughter Pranutan, who will make her Bollywood debut with 'Notebook', said, "I did give a lot of auditions for two and a half years or so for a lot of films." Pranutan added that for 'Notebook', she gave a five-hour long audition and the makers also auditioned around 80 to 100 girls before finalising her.