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.
"With 71 million rides, the sector has recovered 63 per cent but is still lesser compared to 113 million rides in the pre-Covid days. All the segments have shown gradual recovery with normalcy and unlock resuming," said Sanjay Kothari