He composed music for many movies and introduced a number of musicians in the film industry.
Tafu Khan was born in1945 in Lahore. He was a Pakistani musician from Lahore who was also referred sometimes as a 'master tabla player'.Ustad Tafu is especially adept at playing the musical instrument Tabla.He is the father of musicians Tariq Tafu, Tanveer Tafu, and Sajjad Tafu.Tafu 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 in 1970.