In the subsequent years as he got busy with his film projects, he gradually steered away from mainstream fashion designing, and seldom appeared in Fashion Weeks, though he planned to re-launch his label, and balance between Fashion Week and film projects. Over the years, he got acclaim for the looks for Amitabh Bachchan in "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" (2007), his second film with Shaad Ali, Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham in "Dostana" (2008), Kareena Kapoor's look in "Tashan" (2008) and later her mismatched look, employing the colour-blocking technique in "Kambakkht Ishq" (2009)  and Ranbir Kapoor in "Bachna Ae Haseeno" (2008) and in"Rockstar" (2011)   In 2009, sports-lifestyle brand "Puma", which had previously work with Alexander McQueen, Yasuhiro Mihara and Sergio Rossi, signed on Aki to create 'Black Label', a range of apparel, footwear and accessories to hit Puma stores in February 2010. In 2012, he designed the costume for Asin Thottumkal in Housefull 2.