Lawyer Zarir Marfatia’s first original single pop music track Parallel Lines is about a "quarter life crisis” that most people of his age feel, the 26-year-old told Parsiana over a call this October 1. The song is about "being a bit confused about where you are and what your purpose in life is,” he wrote in an email, a sentiment echoed in the chorus of the song: Not for the first time,/You couldn’t cross the line,/But it’ll all be fine,/So don’t make up your mind,/Stop trying to fake it,/You’re going to make it,/And when you taste it,/You will embrace it. "‘Confused’ is not a negative sentiment…it comes from a place of confidence, knowing you have all the tools to succeed,” stated Marfatia. Parallel Lines is available for streaming on music platforms Amazon Prime Music, Apple Music and Spotify since the last week of July this year.
Zarir Marfatia (l), a singing lawyer; cover of his first pop track
Marfatia, who wrote the words "on a particularly frustrating day during his legal internship” at a place he "would rather not say where,” received encouragement while performing with friends at Friday night gigs and Sunday brunches at restaurants like Goyaa and Magazine Street Kitchen. "People were telling me for the next few days that they could not get the song out of their heads and were humming it at work and in the shower… That is what pushed me to get it professionally recorded and distributed,” he narrated. "Some friends helped with the music arrangement and to record the number… but most of it is my work,” he stated.
The song writer is hoping to record a few more compositions that he has been working on before starting a master’s program in business administration program at a US university in 2021. The alumnus of St Mary’s School, St Xavier’s College and Government Law College said his work in financial technology company CredAble, which creates working capital solutions to businesses, is providing him the wide work experience he needs. Revealing that he will feature in a forthcoming Netflix orginal movie Yeh Ballet, Marfatia stated he could not say more about his role, due to confidentiality agreements. "I really want to make a career in a field that combines both my right and left brain passions,” said Marfatia, while for the time being, he "enjoys the best of both worlds.”