Newly-married Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has been ordered to appear in an Indian court next month, after a kiss with co-star Hrithik Roshan in movie Dhoom-II was deemed "obscene". Rai - who wed actor Abhishek Bachchan in a modest ceremony at the Bachchan family home in Mumbai, India, earlier this month - is accused by a local lawyer of "offending public sensibility" in the scene where she is kissed lightly on the cheek.

Public displays of affection are taboo in India where under the country's law; a conviction of public obscenity means a potential three months behind bars or a fine....