It is located adjacent to the posh residential area of Adyar and Besant Nagar in South Chennai.

It is an Estate with Express IT Companies, making it a massive located neighbourhood in the IT Expressway.

Tharamani adjoins Adyar, Besant Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Velachery and Perungudi.

It runs from SRP Tools Junction on Rajiv Gandhi Salai to Vijayanagar bus terminus in Velachery, where it merges with Velachery Main Road, which goes from Little Mount Junction in Saidapet to Tambaram via Medavakkam.

The Film City was a major project of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha during her first term in office.