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| Directed by | Sree Harsha Konuganti |
| Written by | Sree Harsha Konuganti |
| Produced by | Bekkem Venugopal Riaz.A |
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| Cinematography | Raj Thota |
| Edited by | Vijay Vardhan Kavuri |
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Lucky Media |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹13crore[2] |
Hushaaru (transl. Zest) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language coming of age buddy comedy film written and directed by Sree Harsha Konuganti. It stars Tejus Kancherla, Tej Kurapati, Dinesh Tej, Abhinav Medishetti, Rahul Ramakrishna, Daksha Nagarkar, Priya Vadlamani, Hemal Ingle and Ramya Pasupuleti.
Four engineering graduates from middle-class families Arya, Chay, Dhruv and Bunty are clueless about their lives but enjoy being in each other's company, making the most of their energy. Just when things are going smooth, a personal setback hits them hard. How they rise above it and help their friendship stand the test of character and time is the story of Husharu.
The songs were composed by Sunny M.R., Radhan, and Varikuppala Yadagiri.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Na Na Na (music by Radhan)" | Bhaskarabhatla | Bobo Shashi | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Undiporaadhey – Male Version (music by Radhan)" | Kittu Vissapragada | Sid Sriram | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Friendship (music by Sunny M.R.)" | Krishna Kanth | Tushar Joshi | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Pichaak (music by Varikuppala Yadagiri)" | Varikuppala Yadagiri | Varikuppala Yaadagiri | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Naatu Naatu (music by Radhan)" | Krishna Kanth | Rahul Sipligunj, Priya Himesh | 1:43 |
| 6. | "Nuvve Nuvve (music by Sunny M.R.)" | Krishna Kanth | Arjit Singh | 3:10 |
| 7. | "O Pilla Kabooma (music by Varikuppala Yadagiri)" | Kalanidhi Masterji | Rahul Ramakrishna | 1:28 |
| 8. | "Undiporaadhey – Sad Version (music by Radhan)" | Kittu Vissapragada | Sid Sriram | 2:33 |
| 9. | "Kaboom (music by Sunny M.R.)" | Roll Rida | Roll Rida | 1:30 |
| 10. | "Undiporaadhey – Female Version (music by Radhan)" | Spoorthi Yadagiri | Spoorthi Yadagiri | 2:25 |
| 11. | "Bad Boys (music by Sunny M.R.)" | Krishna Kanth | Roll Rida (rap portions), Sunny M.R. | 3:00 |
| Total length: | 30:13 | |||
The film was scheduled to release in August 2018 before being postponed to December of that same year.[1][4] Raj Surya is directing the Kannada remake of the film starring Chandan Achar, Anup Revanna and Shrimahadev.[5]
The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "Hushaaru is mostly refreshing, captures the humorous side to friendships with zest".[6] Asianet News Telugu gave the film 2.5 of 5 and appreciated the film's screenplay.[7] 123Telugu also gave 2.5 out of 5 and wrote that "Husharu is a routine youthful drama which has a few likable moments."[8]
The film grossed ₹5crore in five days,[2] and ran for 50 days in theatres.[9]
