Seeman

In September 2016, Seeman was among some 176 people arrested after "attempting to lay siege to Srivaikuntam dam, where desilting works [were] under way as per a directive from the National Green Tribunal".

Naam Tamilar Katchi contested in the 2016 assembly election. The party contested in all the 234 assembly constituencies on its own, in the elections Tamil Nadu and as well as those in Puducherry. The election symbol allocated for the party was twin candles. Seeman introduced his candidates in Cuddalore in February 2016. He lost the deposit and got the lowest vote among all the other candidates. He declared that he will contest as the Chief Ministerial candidate from the Cuddalore constituency.

NTK gained 458,104 votes in the 2016 TN General Assembly election, but failed to win a single seat.

In February 2015, the party conceived Veera Thamizhar Munnani, aimed at reviving and recovering age-old Tamil culture and traditions.

During the parliamentary elections in 2014, Seeman has stated that the Naam Tamilar Katchi would campaign for the defeat of the candidates fielded by the Congress, BJP and the DMDK where they are contesting and will support All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The three parties lost all the constituencies they contested in Tamil Nadu with the exception of BJP who won their only seat in Kanniyakumari. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won all the remaining constituencies.

In November 2014, Seeman and Naam Thamizhar Katchi observed the 60th birth anniversary of Velupillai Prabhakaran.

Seeman was born in Aranaiyur, Tamil Nadu to Senthamizhan and Annammal Senthamizhan. He married Kayalvizhi, daughter of K. Kalimuthu (former Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the AIADMK party) in September 2013 in the presence of Pazha Nedumaran and others. The ceremony was held according to Tamil traditions at the YMCA grounds in Nandanam, Chennai.

In 2013, Seeman played a lead role in a film by his mentor, Manivannan's Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA (sequel to the critically acclaimed Amaidhi Padai), his 50th and last film as a director.

In March 2013, Seeman and his Attorney N. Chandrasekar attended the 22nd UNHRC sessions in Geneva.

Since the 2011 Assembly elections, Seeman and his party have been actively involved in various causes such as the anti-nuclear Power plant protests in Kudankulam or the attacks on Tamil fishermen perpetuated by the Sri Lankan Navy that has claimed the lives of over 800 fishermen.

Seeman along with several other Tamil activists gathered on 18 May 2009, coinciding the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War at Madurai to form the Naam Tamilar Iyakkam, as a social outfit. It subsequently turned into a political party named Naam Tamilar Katchi.

In November 2009, while on a speaking tour in Canada, Seeman was arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency for giving a hate-filled incendiary speech at an event in Toronto. In the speech, he called for restarting the civil war in Sri Lanka, and allegedly said "No Sinhala can live," going on to state that the LTTE should have bombed 100 Sinhala schools for every Tamil school which was attacked.

In 2006, he came back with a successful film Thambi with actor Madhavan. Seeman turned actor with the film Pori where he played the role of a Malaysian Business man. The same year he directed the love story Vaazhthugal again with Madhavan and Bhavana However, the film was not successful at the box office and only received negative reviews. Since then Seeman has only acted in films including critically acclaimed roles in Pallikoodam and Evano Oruvan. In 2009, Seeman was among the 10 directors who starred in Rasu Madhavaran's Mayandi Kudumbathar, a huge entertainer in the box office.

Senthamizhan Seeman (born 8 November 1966) is an Indian politician, Tamil Nationalist ideologue and the chief-coordinator of the political party Naam Tamilar Katchi in Tamil Nadu. He is an ardent campaigner for the self determination of the Sri Lankan Tamil people and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He is also an advocate of the rule of Tamils in their homeland, Tamil Nadu, and of spreading the importance of Tamil language. Prior to his involvement in politics, Seeman worked as a filmmaker and actor.

Naam Tamilar Katchi contested in all the 39 constituencies present in Tamil Nadu. NTK got 1668079 votes which was huge gain when compared to previous elections but NTK lost deposits in all constituencies. NTK faired well in rural areas when compared to urban areas.