Elements of the hymn were included in the British film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), in Bollywood films like ''[[Water (2005 film)|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. In the Malayalam movie ''[[Indian Rupee]]'' (2011), the first stanza of the song is used in the climactic scene and sung by [[Bombay Jayashri]]. The song also appears in the Gujarati biopic of the author ''Kuvar bainu Mameru'' (1974). A [[Bengali language|Bengali]] adaptation of the song by [[Anindya Chatterjee]] was sung by [[Shreya Ghoshal]] in the Bengali movie [[Gotro]](2019).
On2018 ඔක්තෝබර් 2 October 2018දින, musicians from 124 countriesමහත්මා performedගාන්ධිට theඋපහාරයක් songලෙසින් toරටවල් pay124ක homageමෙම toගීතය Mahatmaගායනා Gandhiකෙරිණි.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/video/896707/watch-musicians-from-124-countries-performed-vaishnav-jana-to-mark-gandhis-birth-anniversary|title=Watch: Musicians from 124 countries performed ‘Vaishnav Jana To’ mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary|last=Staff|first=Scroll|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-vaishnava-jan-to-goes-global-singers-from-124-nations-including-pakistan-recreate-mahatama-gandhi-s-favourite-bhajan-2670691|title=‘Vaishnava Jan To’ Goes Global: Artists from 124 nations including Pakistan recreate Mahatama Gandhi's favourite bhajan|last=Team|first=DNA Web|date=2018-10-02|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>▼
In 1998, this song was rendered in a single album by artists such as classical vocalists [[Gangubai Hangal]] and [[Pandit Jasraj]], pop singer [[Remo Fernandes]] and also including [[Sarod]] musician [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Pandit Narayan on the [[sarangi]], [[flute]] musician [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and [[santoor]] exponent [[Shivkumar Sharma]] played an instrumental rendition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jun25/art-trib.htm#4|title=Album on Gandhi’s hymn|publisher=Tribune|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA100|title=Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=100–|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
▲On 2 October 2018, musicians from 124 countries performed the song to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/video/896707/watch-musicians-from-124-countries-performed-vaishnav-jana-to-mark-gandhis-birth-anniversary|title=Watch: Musicians from 124 countries performed ‘Vaishnav Jana To’ mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary|last=Staff|first=Scroll|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-vaishnava-jan-to-goes-global-singers-from-124-nations-including-pakistan-recreate-mahatama-gandhi-s-favourite-bhajan-2670691|title=‘Vaishnava Jan To’ Goes Global: Artists from 124 nations including Pakistan recreate Mahatama Gandhi's favourite bhajan|last=Team|first=DNA Web|date=2018-10-02|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>
