Sarvottam Badami was an Indian film director of Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films. He started his career as a sound recordist for the first talkie in India, Alam Ara. In 1948 he helped set up the Films D

Sakunthala is a 1932 Telugu-language film directed by Sarvottam Badami. Produced by Select Pictures, it was based on the renowned play Abhignana Sakuntalam by Kalidasa, the film features Surabhi Kamal