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Tauseef Akhtar

Born in Mumbai, Tauseef Akhtar is a Bollywood composer and Indian vocalist who specializes in the Ghazal genre. He was raised by his father, Urdu specialist Akhtar Azad, and trained as a classical singer under musicians Pandit Govind Prasad Jaipurwale and Jagjit Singh. Following his college graduation, he began partnering with Nadeem–Shravan — the iconic duo of Indian film composers Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod — as a songwriter. Although he initially wrote songs for artists' albums, he became increasingly involved with film scores, too. The 2002 movie Yeh Dil Aas...