 Elements of the hymn were included in the British film "Gandhi" (1982), in Bollywood films like "Water" (2005), "Cheeni Kum" (2007) and "Road to Sangam" (2009), and Kollywood film "Hey Ram" (2000).The hymn was also used as a title song for several Indian films.In the Telugu movie "Prathinidhi" (2014), the first stanza of the song is used during the climactic scene.