West Ta East (غرب به شرق) is an Afghan reality series based on the lives of Rohina & Ramiz King, along with other Interesting Characters. The series focuses on the day to day of the Afghan socialite's while they tackle through life as immigrants from Afghanistan who has been raised in the west with full luxuries but everything changes when one is challenged to leave the riches of the West and move to the ditches of the East to relate to the mass Afghans living in the war-torn country. Series is reported to be an adaption of Kourtney and Kim Take New York & The Simple Life.[1][2][3][4]
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Also known as | GHARB TA SHARQ |
غرب به شرق | |
Genre | Reality Television |
Created by | Ramiz King |
Inspired by | Keeping up with the Kardashians |
Creative director | Jake Simkin & Jean-Beau Villagonzalo |
Starring | Ramiz King, Rohina & (Special Appearance by) Aryana Sayeed |
Narrated by | HADI |
Opening theme | 'Now or Never' by Ahmad Zahir |
Country of origin | Afghanistan |
Original languages | Dari, Hindi & English |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Samir Rassoly & Ramiz King |
Production location | Australia - Kabul - India |
Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
Production company | iWear Vibe ™ - Mim Ra Entertainment ✓ |
Distributor | Netflix |
Budget | $80,000 USD |
Release | |
Original network | Darya & Tuti TV |
Picture format | 4K UHD |
Chronology | |
Followed by | 10 KING’s |
Cast
Season 1 | Occupation |
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Rohina | Artist |
Ramiz King | Media Personality |
Aryana Sayeed | Singer |
Hasib Sayed | Manager |
Gizelle Basiri | Artist |
Humayoon Shams Khan (Special Episode Host) | Celebrity |
Ramiz King
Ramiz King (Born August 19, 1996) is an Afghan Australian Media Personality, Producer & Entrepreneur. Ramiz is best known to be a Reality Television Personality on MTV India and Afghan Industry.[5][6] Ramiz was born in Kabul, Afghanistan to Kazim Rahim Shah and he has an elder sister Rohina. The siblings gained fame through their comical skits on social media & vlog coverage of Aryana Sayeed’s Proposal[7] which led them to 'BaChashem' the Afghan remake of Bigg Boss on Zan TV in 2018 which was co-produced by Ramiz King.[8]
Career
Ramiz has appeared on two Indian Television shows, MTV Love School 4 & Ace of Space 2 in 2019 and he was reportedly a Popular Participant.[9] King is also an original and dominant Reality Star of Afghanistan.[5]
Controversies
Kiss Scandal: Ramiz was kissed by a girl on national television while he was in a committed relationship with Gizelle Basiri.[10][11]
Unfair Eviction: He was evicted from Ace of Space 2 by Vikas Gupta on the basis of violence which later was speculated by viewers to be a biased ruling.[10]
Legal: Ramiz was selected for a Colors TV show called ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karoge’ opposite Shehnaaz Gill and Bigg Boss but it didn’t transpire due to the Coronavirus restrictions.[7][12]
Tattoo Disagreement: Gizelle, Ramiz King’s partner got his name tattooed on MTV Love School but he reportedly refused to do it.[13]
Rohina
Rohina (Born, June 6) is an Actress & Artist, predominantly known for her Music Videos with Pav Dharia on their hit song, Teri Yaadan. Her work has received over 30 Million Views on YouTube and she was deemed as one of the most likeable contestant on the Afghan Bigg Boss in 2019. In 2022 she decided to bring a change in her lifestyle and started to cover up in a Hijab to promote Modesty.
Humayoon Shams Khan (HOST)
Humayoon Shams Khan (born February 22, 1991) is an Afghan born Canadian actor, model, presenter, and producer best known for Torbaaz and Shiddat. He will be appearing as the Reunion Host for West Ta East.
Gizelle Basiri
Episodes
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | "Strange Things" | TBA | 1-01 |
The series opens with the introduction of Ramiz King & Rohina followed by real events from their 1 year of documenting their lives. Later you witness Ramiz acting out of ordinary and coming in terms with ‘Fame’ but watch what happens when Rohina humbles him. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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2 | "Story Changes" | TBA | 1-02 |
Episode opens with Rohina feeling left out on her birthday because Ramiz King and Gizelle are busy celebrating themselves so she decides to move to another city mid-while Ramiz wants to stop her but can’t find the correct words to express his feelings but everything changes when Rohina decides on a even major life decision. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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3 | "For People or Fame?" | TBA | 1-03 |
After all the drama, Family still sticks together. Ramiz supports Rohina on her decision and things take a new turn when a New character is introduced and together, they become mentors to a new immigrant but the challenge is when they’re questioned if they’re doing it for the people or fame? |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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4 | "Fire me" | TBA | 1-04 |
Ramiz tried all antics to get fired, he gives away all the groceries for free to get a reaction and to be fired but things don’t go as planned when his Boss finds out. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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5 | "Immigrant Party" | TBA | 1-05 |
Rohina finds out Ramiz has taken the new immigrant out to Clubbing and is displeased at the corruption his promoting to the new in Australia Afghan. Things take a new turn when the immigrant goes partying alone. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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6 | "The Couple Therapy" | TBA | 1-06 |
A new Couple is introduce as the new Part to the story, the two continuously keep having issues after issues but Producers then introduce Ramiz to them who is a former Love School graduate to help work through their relationship. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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7 | "Wedding Cake Disaster" | TBA | 1-07 |
Ramiz Boss trusts him with a big responsibility and Ramiz ruins it but this time not intentionally. Will his Boss believe this was an accident or is it just another antic of his to get fired? |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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8 | "Iran VS Afghanistan" | TBA | 1-08 |
Selina and Mo fight over cultural differences but things take a new turn when Ramiz intiates a battle of intelligence between the two to see who wins. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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9 | "The Royal Treatment" | TBA | 1-09 |
Ramiz books out the perfect place for the couple but the timing is not right for MO as Selina is practicing Absitence in order to spice things up. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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10 | "Millionaire Boys Club" | TBA | 1-10 |
A Millionaire starts to follow Ramiz King on social media, through which Ramiz decides he wants to visit him in another city and have him be mentored by the Entrepreneur but things go dark when his new found Friends, Selina and MO wants to join and ends up bringing far more baggage than just a suitcase (not literally or maybe? But you have to watch to see) |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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9 | "Surprise who?" | TBA | 1-09 |
Ramiz King’s friend has a surprise planned for his guests the next day but Selina and MO ruins everything by being negative and they miss their flight meaning they have to road trip it together but that's when a secret is out that changes everything for Selina. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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12 | "Abhi too party shuru hue hai" | TBA | 1-12 |
Selina is pissed that MO went to a strip club and wants to take revenge on him so she heads out with her girlfriend's the next day and when she comes back she is surprised. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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13 | "Sister VS Sister" | TBA | 1-13 |
Selina starts to get annoyed because she thinks her sister is copying every move of hers especially when she was the first to study real estate so she surprises her sister Anita by coming to her work and acting as an agent to see if her sister will get jealous or not meanwhile Ramiz gets into a fight at the store with Ali when he overly complains. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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14 | "Money won, money gone" | TBA | 1-14 |
The three head out to gamble. Ramiz for the first time decides he wants to play at the Crown, they unfortunately win big, fighting ensues on who will keep how much, so they decide it's better to just spend it crazy within 24 hours but what happens when it runs out midst ocean while they sailing their luxury yacht? |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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15 | "iDea Broke" | TBA | 1-15 |
Ramiz comes up with a way to pay the owner but meanwhile he actions it Selina breaks something expensive and large so they do whatever to distract owner from finding out & during this trip MO realises that this the life of luxury that he wants & Ramiz gives him a advice which will cost him. Ramiz returns to his works a shopkeeper and this time he uses Selina's help in getting customers. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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16 | "Big Dreams" | TBA | 1-16 |
MO makes it clear that he wants to live large and for that some changes have to be made, so he plans a new budgeting and cuts useless extravagant costs that Selina has and start's to work more hours and plans on investing on a idea that Ramiz had given him. Selina is not happy about this as she has finally realised through all this experience that the little things are what she wants in life and mostly his time. A major divide is created between the couple, find out if they will recover from this or not. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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17 | "Season Finale" | TBA | 1-17 |
Ramiz has finally learnt all his lessons and actually works hard in all area's of his life. He started investing on snapchat all the money he earned from the store and he has a sit down with his Boss who teaches him the final lesson's. Rohina happily gets Married to a great man and promises to come back on screen if her fan's really wish for it & share her next chapter of life. We've a run down of all the lesson's the Brother & Sister taught us unknowingly. Meanwhile the couple tries to meet in the middle but a huge fight ensues between them when MO's investment crashes and Selina is over him not spending time with her so she decides to take the ultimate decision which will leave all the viewers shocked. Ramiz King also leaves to go to Thailand to do some major cosmetic surgery after what went down in Episode 2. |
No. | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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18 | "REUNION SPECIAL" | TBA | 1-18 |
Humayoon Shams Khan hosts the very special Episode where, Ramiz, Rohina, MO & Selina come together alongside special guests to show us UNCUT & UNSEEN footage from the Season 1 of 'West Ta East' along with a discussion of the never to talk about topics. |
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- ^ "Unfazed by Taliban threats, 'Afghan Kardashians' set to raise voice of women's liberation with reality show". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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