First Nights

A narrative 4-chapter anthology featuring 7 couples with one backdrop - their first night of marriage. Chapter 1 - While one couple whose marriage is arranged by family endures the embarrassing scrutiny of their traditional family all through their first night together another couple decides to elope without their parents' consent at the government registrar office's surrounded only by their friends. Chapter2 - A new groom eager to spend his first night with his new bride ends up insulting and accusing her of infidelity when she tries to inform him about her past relationships before they were arranged to be wed. Chapter3 - A groom returned from working in the USA refuses to go into the bedroom on his first night because his mother "tricked" him into marriage. On the other side, an impatient groom leaps into consummating his marriage but fails to perform in bed after all his excitement. Chapter4 - A very young couple is married off early, and both break down on their first night due to nerves as they wonder how they're expected to sleep with a person they hardly know. In the same setting, a middle-aged couple of divorcees meet outside as strangers, and share a spark of hope and romance.