MUMBAI: : Hrithik Roshan has been signed to play the lead in Skekhar Kapur‘s Paani.

Hrithik plays the role of a lower-class rebel, living in the Mumbai of the future, while American actress Kristen Stewart plays a rich girl living in a posh locality in the city. 

Stewart, who shot to fame playing Bella Swan in Twilight and its sequel New Moon, was approached by the director to play the role of a rich girl for his film based on the problem of water scarcity.

The film will have music by AR Rahman.