Actor Ameesha Patel has opened up about landing Mangal Pandey: The Rising after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan exited the film, revealing how her equation with Aamir Khan and an earlier casting twist during Lagaan played a role in the opportunity coming her way. During a conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Ameesha was asked if she landed the role after Aamir saw her interview and was impressed by her intelligence. Responding to this, she said, “Aamir actually saw an interview of mine with BBC and found me very intelligent. And we had done an interview together in Delhi . While they were taking time to set up the camera and start the interview, Aamir and I started playing noughts and crosses and we got along very famously, discussing books and all.” When Ameesha was dropped from Lagaan She added that their association dated back even earlier, when she had auditioned for Lagaan and was almost finalised for the film.…