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...