Sarvottam Badami (1910-2005) was an Indian film director of Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. He started his career as a sound recordist for the first Talkie in India, Alam Ara (1931). In 1948 he helped set up the Films Division for news-reel and documentaries, where he worked as the chief producer in the newsreel department and also made documentaries. His active years were from 1932 to 1952 when he retired from the Films Division and from making feature films to settle in Bangalore.