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Tafo Brothers

The two Tafo Brothers are tabla maestro Altaf Hussain Tafo Khan and his brother, Nisar Hussain, on the accordion. The name "Tafo Brothers", often used interchangeably with "Tafo" (spelling variarions: Taffoo, Tafoo, Tafu, etc.), may refer to the two brothers or to their band, which at any time may or may not have included other family members, such has Altaf Hussain Tafo Khan's sons Tariq Tafu, Tanveer Tafu and Sajjad Tafu. Altaf Hussain Tafo Khan was born in in 1945 in Lahore to a musician's family, "a part of a musical legacy that spans seven generations." Ustad Tafo started his career in 1970 when his first film song, "Sunn wey balori akhh waaliya" as music director, sung by Noor Jehan was featured in movie Anwara (1970). He has composed music for over 100 Pakistani films, most notably in the 1970s, and has worked with music artists such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, M. Ashraf, Noor Jehan, Nahid Akhtar, Shaukat Ali, and Inayat Hussain Bhatti.