V. Nagineedu is a character artist in the South Indian Film Industry who is active in Tamil and Telugu films. He won Nandi Award for Best Villain for his role in Maryada Ramanna.He played a similar role in G. S. Karthik's 2013 film Adda. He was a general manager at Prasad Labs before S. S. Rajamouli offered him a prominent role in his film Maryada Ramanna. His performance was well received by critics and he also won award for it. He reprised this role in the films Vallavanukku Pullum Ayutham and Ivan Maryadaraman which are the Tamil and Malayalam remakes of Maryada Ramanna