here is my take on it
1) purab is gone ....he is no longer there.....he does not plan to come back....we are back to original track...i fail to understand why you are still so embittered and hell bent on trashing samir soni....neither i nor you know him personally....we don't know what happened...why it happenned..all we have is speculations and rumours(your inside sources say one thing, purab's fan have a different version of story from thier source). let purab fans have thier day and say...why do you keep trying to rub it in ?? in the end the story is ending as you wanted it and that is all that matters isn't it ????
2) i think tony and diya and sony made a mess of the story(so do most armaan fans). they might not be the culprit but then directors always take the fall so if purab fans are frustated and venting it out ...why does it bother you so much. this is not the first time they have gone through this. people similarily vented out during the end of banegi apni baat and just mohabbat. they must be used to it by now.
3) now for samir's failures...i for one don't know the reason for it...do you???....he is a mediocre actor but people who act and look worse than him have survived bollywood and made big. if there was a formula to success ...we would not have had so many struggling actors. parmeet sethi is a great actor...has the looks but still could not make it inspite of being casted in a hit like ddlj. same can be said for apoorve, vivek mushran, and a number of other actors.
4) samir soni as per his interviews could not do armaan's role becoz of date clashes with his movie on floor (dances like a man) and a theatre show. parmeet refused bcoz he found the character very straitlined and bland...he was interested in something different. then apoorve took it and did a great job...good for us . why would we begrudge samir or parmeet not going for it and blame thier refusal on thier acting capabilities.
5) who are we to plan or chart an actor's career graph. what mona singh , apoorve, samir, vinay....... will do in future remains to be seen. why predict doom for someone/ anyone's career based on rumours .
6) if samir did indeed leave abruptly....he could still be given proper exit(instead of stating social differences as reason ,he could state lack of interest in him as love as reason)....i don't think the channel would put thier show at stake by offending a certain segment of viewers to pull an actor down...the writer came up with this for some reason best known to them.
the point i am trying to drive i guess is.....let us not trash the actors and stick with the characters. this post by the way was not meant as a personal attack but just as an attempt to understand you point of view. i apologize if this in any way offends you.
first of all i never predicted doom for SS' career. also my post was an attempt to put things back in perspective. too much dissing of the makers was going here. ppl were behaving as though poor SS is the victim. which is certainly not true. he has been the biggest beneficiary from JJKN. the serial was a success without him.