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Horror-comedies are difficult to nail. Too much horror, and your audience will be too anxious to laugh; too much comedy, and your audience won’t take the scary bits seriously. HUM TV is looking to take on the challenge, though, with their new drama series Jinn Ki Shadi Unn Ki Shadi.

In the show’s first teaser, posted to Instagram on Sunday, we see Wahaj Ali and Sehar Khan in the lead roles of what appears to be a romcom between a man and a jinn. Ali, who plays the human half of the romance, is shown to be a poetry enthusiast living in a dated house. Khan is seen as a jinn, swooning over her human’s recitation.

The duo stars alongside Arslan Naseer, Romaisa Khan, Sidra Niazi, Laiba Butt, Syed Jibran, Irfan Motiwala, Nadia Afgan, Tamkenat Mansoor, Arbaaz Khan, Asif Khan, Nabeel Ahson and others in the series directed by Saife Hasan, whose last drama with HUM TV — Tan Man Neel o Neel — was hailed as a national conversation starter on vigilantism and false accusations of blasphemy. This latest project is written by Syed Nabeel and produced by Momina Duraid Productions.

Interestingly, this isn’t Ali’s first role as the human lead in a horror romcom. He previously played a similar role opposite Neelam Muneer in the 2017 drama serial Dilnawaz. Fans were quick to point out similarities between the premises of both shows in the teaser’s comment section.

We don’t have information on when the show will begin airing, but according to a post shared by the director, filming began almost three months ago. We’re equal parts excited and scared for how this might turn out — but for a horror comedy, that’s a good thing.