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.
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.[7]
In 2012, the SNV Group travelled to Las Vegas and entered the World Hip Hop Dance Championship[8] where they made it to the finals and finished in 8th place, a first for an Indian group.[9][10] 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,[11]Prabhu Deva and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles.[12][13] 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. [14]
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.[3][15]
2016: Dance Academy
On January 3, 2016, they opened their own dance academy, "Kings United: Kingdom Of Art" in Vasai, Mumbai.[16][17] The academy was inaugurated by choreographer Remo D'Souza and actor Varun Dhawan.[18]
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.[20][21] In a recent interview with a YouTube channel, Mukund said that 80% of the winnings would be shared among the team members.[22] Mukund has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Program category for the Kings' performances.[23][24]
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.[16][25] There have been reports of a possible show with Jennifer Lopez.[26]
Mukund and his team will be judging India's first online dance competition by imd1. The competition is called Dance Is Life - DIL2019.[27]