In 2009, Suresh Mukund and Vernon Monterio formed a hip hop dance group by the name of 'Fictitious Dance Group' which participated in various Indian dance shows and competitions. In 2009, the group won the popular dance show
Boogie Woogie. The group went on to win
Entertainment Ke liye Kuch Bhi Karega in 2010 and later the same year they were ranked third in Season 2 of ''
India's Got Talent''. Choosing to re-enter the competition the following year, the group changed its name to the SNV Group named after members Suresh Mukund and Vernon Monteiro and this time won Season 3 of ''India's Got Talent'' in 2011. In 2012, the SNV Group travelled to
Las Vegas and entered the
World Hip Hop Dance Championship where they made it to the finals and finished in 8th place, a first for an Indian group. Their hardships in funding their trip and their remarkable achievement in the competition were documented in the 2015
Bollywood film
ABCD 2 which was directed by choreographer
Remo D'Souza and starred prominent actors like
Varun Dhawan,
Prabhu Deva and
Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. Suresh is played by
Varun Dhawan and Vernon is played by Sushant Pujari. After the release of the film, Mukund and Vernon parted ways due to creative differences and the group split with Vernon starting his own dance crew called "V Company" who subsequently won
Season-1 of Dance Plus. Mukund then founded "Kings United India" with some of his old team members and a few new additions.
2015: World Hip Hop Dance Championship In 2015, Mukund made a last minute decision to put together a dance crew to re-enter the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in
San Diego. Actor Varun Dhawan arranged for
Pond's to partially fund the group and pitched in with his own money to help out. Kings United came in third and won the
Bronze medal.
2016: Dance Academy On January 3, 2016, they opened their own dance academy, "Kings United: Kingdom Of Art" in Vasai, Mumbai. The academy was inaugurated by choreographer
Remo D'Souza and actor
Varun Dhawan. In 2017, Kings United competed in the Indian dance reality show
Dance Champions aired on
Star Plus.
2019: World of Dance and upcoming projects On May 6, 2019, Kings United won the American dance reality show
World of Dance Season 3 with a perfect score of 100 in the grand finale, where they danced
Vishal Dadlani's
Malhari from the 2015 Indian Historical Musical
Bajirao Mastani, thus winning a prize money of
US$1 million. In a 2019 interview with a
YouTube channel, Mukund said that 80% of the winnings would be shared among the team members. Mukund has been nominated for an
Emmy Award in the Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Program category for the Kings' performances. The crew is planning a world tour and conducting international dance workshops. After their win, Mukund also mentioned that the Kings United would no longer participate in competitions. There have been reports of a possible show with
Jennifer Lopez. Mukund and his team will be judging India's first online dance competition by imd1. The competition is called
Dance Is Life - DIL2019. ==Achievements and appearances==