The filmmaker, who most recently directed "Killers of the Flower Moon", will be honoured in an award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024, the festival announced on Thursday.
It was not the sole film to feature taxi drivers that year, with Dev Anand's friend Guru Dutt also releasing his own 'Aar Paar', having a similar focus and largely the same storyline, but neither film overshadowed the other.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Bengaluru-Northeast Division CK Baba, the taxi driver, Pratap Gowda, died at the Victoria Hospital last night.
