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Samayada Gombe (transl. Puppet of the times) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed and co-produced by Dorai–Bhagavan. The film stars Rajkumar, Srinath, Roopa Devi and Menaka. It is based on the novel of same name written by Chitralekha. This is the first Kannada movie of Malayalam actress Menaka, who played the role of Rajkumar's sister and Srinath's wife in the movie. The film met with positive response upon release from critics and was declared a Blockbuster at the box office with seeing a theatrical run of at least 26 weeks. SK Bhagawan had revealed that Dr. Rajkumar's remuneration for the movie was Rs. 6 lakhs. One of the co-producers of the movie, Radhakrishna was the person who taught Sitar to Rajkumar and also happened to be the elder brother of director Dorairaj.