Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) After tying up with filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, TV czarina Ekta Kapoor is going into another major movie merger - with actor-producer Suniel Shetty.Shetty's Popcorn Entertainment is in for a partnership with C Company - the film branch of Ekta's company - for a production that takes Apoorva Lakhia through his toughest film after "Shootout At Lokhandwala".

C onfirming these developments, Suniel says, "Ekta's Balajee and my Popcorn Entertainment have been in talks for a while. When I heard Apu's script I knew this was the right moment to concretise our collaboration.

"Hopefully Ekta and I will be looking at many more collaborations. Both of us are dreamers who aren't in this business to make money but because we believe in it."

Suniel has three productions lined up for the next one year. "The first will be a gritty realistic film directed by Joy Augustine. After that, there's Vikram Singh's 'Raaste' with Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Aishwarya Bachchan and Sikandar, followed by Apoorva's film."