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Ustad tafo khan biography sampler

Or maybe a man really looking forward to the occasion of being interviewed. When plastic was cool and ubiquitous. And audio cassettes were all the rage, Punjabi songs blaring from trucks and qawwali and pop played on car decks. He was destined for great things. Tafoo tells me his artistry was recognised by a powerhouse of film and music industry when he was still just a child.

And in the future his career was to be closely associated with the benefactress who held him in her lap when he was a child of about eight years. That was At the last minute, his father found out that the tabla player was missing for rehearsal. So he asked Tafoo to come along. By , Noor Jehan was an indomitable name in the film industry.

And Tafoo was a musician who had become a director for film songs. He continued until in these capacities. It was not just numbers sung by Madam Noor Jehan that caught on, however, he also worked with stars like Naheed Akhtar and Naseebo Lal, both of whom he claims as his discoveries. Main ne uss ko kahan se utha ker kahan tak rakh diya!

And when Naheed Akhtar was in demand he said he gave her a lot of work. In fact, Naheed was the sole shining star in film music and Noor Jehan slowly became housebound. I took a producer along with me. When he met her, she glared at him mockingly, suppressing a smile, grabbed a broom and ran after him with it. Many new male voices had joined the music industry.

Nayyar was doing a lot of work and Mehdi Hassan was popular. For duets in film songs, Mehnaz or Naheed were usually called upon. Its Punjabi soundtrack became hugely popular. According to Tafoo, Noor Jehan as a singer was incomparable and he passionately decrees that there was never such a beautiful face born either. But he does have a fondness also for Lata Mangeshkar.

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