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'DASEIN' is a Metamodern, experimental, polyphonic film. In this film we have tried to tell a very common story in an unconventional way. The basic concept of the film is to discover the essence of each being. The film explores protagonist's character through desire, obsession, contradiction, ambivalence & conflict. Being a Post modern film, 'DASEIN' is skeptical about religious institutions and it rejects all social norms. It's cross storytelling, non linear narrative structure, and different perspective story telling style represent it as a counter cinema. In this film we have tried to implement a completely new narrative model (3 Dimensional Narrative). Several types of plots have been used to construct this Narrative model. We can explain it like this geometrical way. A straight line has been passed through the center of four concentric circles. For example, say the protagonist, Aniket is at the center of the plot. Four characters (parameters: His mother, Step mother, Girl friend and his competitor Ipshita ) and their individual stories rotate in four different circular paths. A separate linear plot (Aniket with the guys) has also passed through the center of the circles. Here time has been portrayed as an imaginary exponential parameter. It moves in different dimensions randomly like an imaginary exponential equation (Based on Euler's formula). This narrative structure can be considered as a derivative form of "Fractured Tandem (Portmanteau)". Hybridization of different genres, art forms and cultures has been done in DASEIN. Here we have tried to blend "Fiction" with the style of "Documentary" and Old Indian "Palagans" (Operas). So acting styles of different art forms could be observed in this film. Time and perspective play an important role in our experimentation as mentioned before. Time moves forward as well as backward direction randomly. For example, in a surreal scene, we have shown Reverse evolution (Unar Tan Syndrome) of human at the reversal movement of time (Based on the Big Bang Theory). Sometimes it could be observed that two different time lines co exist simultaneously in a single scene. The same character of different time lines interacts with each others at a point of time. Bookend flashback & Flash forward (Prolepsis) are also used in storytelling to articulate the context properly. Finally "DASEIN" is a movie to experience rather to merely watch as "DASEIN" refers to experiencing one's own existence.