Komal Swaminathan (born 27 January 1935 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India, died 1995) was a congressional activist in his early years, a Tamil theater personality, film director and journalist.

Swaminathan joined the school of S. V. Sahasranamam and learned the art of playwriting and stage techniques.

This play, Thanneer Thanneer (Water Water) highlighted the acute water shortage in rural areas due to bureaucracy and the apathetic attitude of politicians and bureaucrats, and was later filmed under the same name by K. Balachander in 1981, which won National Award and international acclaim.

He was the editor of Subhamangala -a Literary, Socio-Cultural Tamil monthly magazine.

[2] Komal has scripted and conducted the following plays with his own troupe