India, July 4 -- The days of black-and-white are long gone. The days of film on film are over.

Why, then, are auteurs and actors still studying a man who died over 60 years ago? Guru Dutt's layered storytelling, use of light and shadow and the way he wielded the camera yield lessons for them still, they say.

In Dutt's centenary year (he lived just 39 years, from 1925 to 1964), here's a look back at some of the tributes paid to the auteur in Hind cinema.

* Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster; Tigmanshu Dhulia (2011)

This is a tribute to Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), produced by and starring Guru Dutt.

Dutt was no longer directing by this point, having given it up after the colossal failure of Kaagaz Ke Phool at the box office. Yet, even though S...