Kurathi Falls, which are originating from the Western Gahats. Theni District is having the other tourist attractive places like Veerapandi Gowmariyamman temple, Surulipatti kailasanaathar temple, Anumanthampatti Hanuman kovil, Periyakulam Balasubramanian Periya kovil. Tamil Movies based on Theni District Some of the Famous Cinema Directors, Music Directors and Actors hail from Theni District. Many movies were shot here. The titles of some of the famous Movies are: "Pithamagan", "Avan-ivan", "Suntharapandiyan", "Veeralaksumi", "Varuthapadatha Vaalipar Sangam", "Naan kadavul". These Movies were mostly directed by Director Bala. Notable people For people from Theni town itself, see Theni, these are people from the surrounding area Gangai Amaran - music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor, born in Pannaipuram Bala - director, screenwriter, producer Bharathiraja - movie director, screenwriter, producer, actor Dhanush - film actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist, singer N. Eramakrishnan MLA, Cumbum Tarun Gopi - actor, film director, script writer Ilaiyaraaja - music director, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist Raj Kapoor - director, actor Raveendranath Kumar - Member of parliament Theni Kunjarammal - actor, singer, folk performer / singer R. Muthuraman - actor O. Panneerselvam - former Chief Minister, Deputy CM and Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu State Singam Puli - actor, comedian, film director, script writer P. T. Rajan - former CM of Madras state Rajashekar - actor Selvaraghavan - film director, lyricist, screenwriter Sendrayan - actor Vairamuthu - Tamil poet, lyricist, author R.V. Shajeevana - New District Collector for Theni District See also Kombai, Tamil Nadu List of districts of Tamil Nadu References External links Theni District Districts of Tamil Nadu 1996 establishments in Tamil Nadu