New Delhi, May 22 -- Chand Mera Dil is a film constantly caught between sincerity and spectacle. Beneath its glossy visuals, dramatic staging and emotionally charged soundtrack lies a story about trauma, vulnerability and the painful ways people attach themselves to one another.

There is a moment in Chand Mera Dil where a character compares the relationship of our leading couple to the warranty period of an LED bulb. It is intended to land with emotional weight, but I found myself chuckling to myself in the theatre - partly because of how oddly specific the metaphor is, and partly because it perfectly sums up the fragile, short-circuited dynamic between Chandni (Ananya Panday) and Aarav (Lakshya).

That, in many ways, is the film itself:...