1. I was under the impression that all actors are under a contract once a serial starts. The contracts are normally year-to-year based depending on how the soap is going to be and stuff. So wouldn't Iqbal have signed such a contract as well? If so, then how can he simply quit the show without the blessings of the big guys in Balaji Production? If this news is true, then they must be okay with it. The fact that he still has to talk it out with Ekta (as per the news) gives me some hope...
2. I don't see Iqbal pulling a "Salil Ankola" act here now. I am not sure if you all know about it or not but Salil joined Big Boss (Sony Entertainment Show) a few weeks back knowing fully that one condition of the contract from Balaji is that he will not work for any other Production house except for Balaji for the time alloted in the contract. Hence, even court ordered him to be out of the Big Boss program since he had breached his contract. Balaji was totally on his case and as I hear, he is either out already from Big Boss or will be taken out momentarily? (Not too sure about that..) But anyways, Iqbal wouldn't go this way since he is a man of his principles.
So I guess my point is that if he does leave the show, he'll be doing so with support from the big boys in the production house, including Ekta. Let's see how the indian tellyworld turns in the next few weeks..
Sana.