Indian marriage bureau encourages widows to re-marry.

Описание: (30 Jul 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Various of Ghanshyam Trivedi, his wife Madhu and son Vaibhav in their living room
2. Close of mango being peeled by Madhu
3. Zoom out from TV screen to Trivedi family sitting
4. Various of wedding photographs of Madhu and Ghanshyam
5. SOUNDBITE: (Gujarati): Madhu Trivedi, Recently Remarried:
"I used to work...I would cook for people. Sometimes, they would be rude. I never liked it. Then, someone told me about the agency. They also showed me articles in the newspaper. So, I went to the agency where they encouraged me to get married. They told me my life would improve. So, I got married."
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi): Ghanshyam Trivedi, Recently Remarried:
"After the death of my first wife, my son went into acute depression. But after I remarried, he has regained his health. Even I have found mental peace. Now I am better off financially, socially and religiously."
7. Pan from women counsellors at the Vina Mulya Amulya Sewa marriage bureau to visitors sitting
8. Various of people looking through resumes of prospective brides and grooms
9. Tilt down from mid of Natubhai Patel and another man to close of file
10. Young man and woman looking through resumes to find match for their widowed parent
11. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi): Natubhai Patel, Founder, Vina Mulya Amulya Sewa:
"When older people marry, they do not have any hang-ups regarding inter-caste marriages or age difference or education. Their main objective is to find a companion, to be a support for each other. Their aim is to get away from loneliness, so they do not create obstacles with these things. Even the family, the children, support such marriages as their problem of caring for them is also solved. The only problem is that women come forward in lesser numbers. We have about a thousand applications from men while there are only fifty women applicants. This creates problems in finding a proper match. The number of women is less because of social concerns. They do not come forward thinking what would their family say or what would the society say."
12. Mid shot older couple
13. Man submitting resume at the bureau
14. Close of resume with woman's photograph attached
15. Wide of woman filling out resume
16. Wide of man filling out resume
17. Close of resume being filled
18. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi): Natubhai Patel, Applicant:
"Nobody comes to cook at my place, I face a lot of problems with cooking. When I fall sick, my relatives come and advise me that I should take medicines or see a doctor, but nobody is there to sit with me. Only a life partner can do that."
19. SOUNDBITE: (Hindi): Shirish Shah, Remarried:
"Now I am less tense. Earlier, wherever I went, people would pity me thinking that I was lonely. Nobody even came to my place because I was alone. They would think 'What is the point of going to his place, he lives alone, what can he offer as food and drink?' "
20. Various of bureau founder Natubhai Patel talking to the Trivedi family
21. Mid of Vaibhav reading newspaper
22. Wide of Patel leaving the Trivedi residence; Madhu and Ghanshyam waving goodbye; tilt-up to name of residence 'Madhu-Vaibhav'
LEAD IN:
Organisers of a wedding bureau in India are encouraging widows and widowers to set aside their fear of re-marriage.
Traditionally in India people who have lost their spouse feel obliged to remain single for the rest of their lives.
Now the bureau in Ahmedabad is hoping to change attitudes toward second marriages.
STORYLINE :
60-year-old Ghanshyam Trivedi lost his first wife a few years ago. Soon after, his son Vaibhav was diagnosed with depression.

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