Actor Akhilendra Mishra said he would listen to the Gayatri Mantra every day while travelling to the set during the filming of 'Lagaan'. "I had given cassette of ‘Gayatri Mantra’ to...bus driver...Every day, we would travel for twenty-six kilometres listening to...Gayatri Mantra," he said, adding, "One day, Aamir Khan asked me the meaning behind...Gayatri Mantra. I explained it to him."