Gangavathar

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{{Infobox film

| name = Gangavathar

| image = Gangavathar poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = C. K. Sathasivam

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| story =

| starring = N. C. Vasanthakokilam
Nagarcoil K. Mahadevan

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| studio = K. S. S. Pictures
Sundaram Studios

| distributor = K. S. S. Pictures

| released = {{film date|1942|02|13|df=y|ref1={{Cite news |date=13 February 1942 |title=Gangavatar |pages=3 |work=The Indian Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19420213&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}}}

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| country = India

| language = Tamil

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Gangavathar is a 1942 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by C. K. Sathasivam popularly known as C. K. Sachi{{Cite book |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998 |pages=594 |author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen }} and produced by Sundaram Sound Studio, Madras. The film starred N. C. Vasanthakokilam.{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=5 May 2012 |title=Gangavathar 1942 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3387440.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121013341/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/gangavathar-1942/article3388979.ece |archive-date=21 January 2017}}{{Cite news |date=14 February 1942 |title=Gangavatar |pages=3 |work=The Indian Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0K0-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=RkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4197%2C3683852}}

The film was released on 13 February, coinciding with Maha Shivaratri, a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Shiva.