At his apartment at Seven Bungalows, entrepreneur Akshay Sharma is designing his next creation inspired by Top Gun 2: Maverick trailer. It's a limited-edition propeller in solid teak with aged iron. Once a failed pilot (his borderline eyesight number killed his flying dreams), Sharma went on to be a hotelier and then a marketing professional amongst other things. In 2010, he took a sabbatical from work to learn to fly at the Dean International flying school in Miami and got a pilot license in a record 21 days. Since then, he travels to the US once a year to fuel his passion for flying.

In 2014, Sharma got married and moved to his pad where he wanted something signifying his love for aviation. "The wings or tail would be too big, and anything else, too expensive. A propeller fit in perfectly. I bought one on eBay but it got lost in transit. I was frustrated because I had paid the money, waited it out and still didn't have the propeller. I decided to make one for myself," says Sharma.