India, March 1 -- For cinephiles across the world, few names evoke the kind of reverence that Wim Wenders does. A poet of the moving image, a chronicler of the human soul, and a restless traveler who captures the beauty of solitude and the transient nature of existence, Wenders has long been a filmmaker who sees the world differently. When I recently sat down with the legendary German auteur for an exclusive interview for The Sunday Guardian, our conversation wove through his encounters with masters like Satyajit Ray and Akira Kurosawa, the artistic evolution of his Oscar-nominated 'Perfect Days', and the existential poetics that define his cinema.

One of the most striking moments in our conversation was when I asked Wenders if he saw hi...