Melvin Louis is a famous Indian dancer, choreographer, and social media influencer.
Wiki/Biography & Career
Melvin Louis was born in 1988 (age 32 years; as in 2019) in Mumbai.
He did his schooling from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Mumbai. Since his childhood, he was passionate about dancing and wanted to pursue dancing as his career. In 2009, Melvin Louis participated in the reality TV show, Dance India Dance. However, he got eliminated in round two of the auditions.
Before beginning his career as a full-time dancer, he was an investment banker. In 2006, he opened his own YouTube channel and started posting his dance videos in it. Currently, he posts the videos of his dance on popular numbers and also posts his vlogs in the channel. He has more than 3.66 M subscribers on his YouTube channel.
In 2019, he appeared in the song of Emiway Bantai titled “Bajo.”
He also appeared in one of the episodes of TVF series, The Royal Palate (2019).
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5’ 9”
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Family & Caste
His father’s name is Edward George Louis. He has two brothers; one of his brother’s name is Stanly Louis.
Relationships
He was rumoured to be in a relationship with the actress Gauhar Khan. He was in a relationship with actress and model, Sana Khan.
Awards & Achievements
- Dadasaheb Phalke IFF Award in 2019
- Global Excellence Award for Dance Icon of the Year in 2019
- Influencer of the Year at India’s International Excellence Awards in 2019
Controversy
In 2020, in an interview with a newspaper, Sana Khan revealed that she had broken up with Melvin on the ground that he was cheating on her. Following the revelation by the actress, Melvin released an audio clip, which reportedly, exposed Sana’s intentions of defaming Melvin on the public forum. Later, Sana, in an interview accused Melvin of blackmailing her with the clip and also being physically abusive towards her. Sana also took to her Instagram account to share the screenshots of her conversation with one of Melvin’s ex-girlfriends.
Favourite Things
- Basketball Player: Tim Hardaway, Kobe Bryant
- Travel Destinations: Singapore, Dubai
Facts/Trivia
- He likes reading and travelling.
- He has never taken any professional training in dance and learned to dance himself.
- He initially wanted to be a basketball player. He still plays basketball and is a part of the basketball teams, Face Spartans and Hotsteppers.
- In December 2018, Amitabh Bachchan and Anand Mahindra (Indian businessman and Chairman of Mahindra Group) took to their social media accounts to share the video of him dancing to the song ‘Lamberghini’ with Harleen Sethi. They showed their heartfelt admiration towards Melvin.
- He is also a TEDx speaker. He goes to various colleges across the country and influence students to utilize their skills to create content that can be shared.
- In 2019, he judged one of Europe’s biggest Bollywood dance competitions, Indian Dance Fest.
- He has got a tattoo of the name of his father inked on his wrist and also has a tattoo on the back of his palm.
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI