Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, who works in Marathi and Hindi film and television.

He received Filmfare Award nomination for Best Lyrics for the song "Piyu Bole" in Parineeta (2005).

[8] He made a cameo appearance as Sansad ji in Panchayat 3 and as Mansoor Khan Sahab in Qala to whose soundtrack he also contributed as a lyricist and singer.

Swanand Kirkire was born and brought up at Rambagh in Indore-based Marathi speaking family to Chintamani (father) and Neelambari (mother), both of whom are classical singers.

During His National School of Delhi Days his batchmates were Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Subrat Dutta and Chittaranjan Tripathi.