Seeman addressed Periyar's ideology and caste abolition in the film industry. In the 2006 assembly elections, he campaigned for the DMK alliance, and notably sided with Pattali Makkal Katchi's S. Ramadoss and delivered speeches against the candidature of Vijayakanth.[34] He met with Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2008 when the war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE was looming.