Hello everybody ! I Have just joined the forum and I hv some interesting info to share.
Apparently Sameer Soni had started believing that the show is called "Purab Jaisa Koi Nahi" and had started throwing tantrums and refusing to do scenes which he thought were not good for his charcter, or would change the dialogues, and T & D were forced to even change the strory line to shape up the character the way he wanted to. [Maybe thats why his character became so good, not at all in sinc with the other characters and the show]. And things reach such a boil that before he left for USA he refused to shoot any more because he did not win a Jury Award instituted by the channel. He wanted the channel to take the award away from the legitimate winner, give it to him, apologise and fall on their knees, along with T & D, or else he won't shoot. Obviously none of that could be done so he left for the USA without shooting, leaving the producers in lurch, thinking that the show will come to an end. And now, ofcourse he has been thrown out of the show. Our friend thought he was bigger then Big B and now he will learn his lesson.
Anyways, BLF never had Purab so if we want to the see the storyline going to the original then may be he is good riddance.