Cowboys Versus Indians is a romantic comedy about RAJ, a 30-something second-generation Indian American making his annual trip home to St. Louis to participate in …
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The Story
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Director’s Statement
by Ambarish Manepalli I was born in India, but raised in the United States, spending my childhood and teenage years in St. Louis. Despite leaving …
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About the Project
Cowboys Versus Indians is a romantic comedy feature from the award-winning filmmaking team of director/writer Ambarish Manepalli, writer Christopher T. VanDijk, and producer Geoffrey Quan. …
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About The Team
Ambarish Manepalli (Director/Writer) was born in Hyderabad, India, immigrated to the United States at the age of three, and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, …
We are Finalists for the CAPE New Writer’s Award
We are honored to have been selected and thankful for all the good fortune the past 6 months. Chris and Rish are going to Los …
Updates! Amazing and myriad!
Hello All A long overdue update is well… due. Many things have happened as we surge ahead to make this film happen. We have been …
Happy New Year from the Team!
Hello All! This is the year of Cowboys Versus Indians and we are beside ourselves with excitement. What did 2011 give us? Lots of writing, …
Happy Thanksgiving from the CvI trio ! Joyeuse Journée de Dinde !*
Happy Thanksgiving from Paris! From Ambarish Manepalli, director, co-writer As I sit here, anticipating an honest-to-goodness Thanksgiving meal with a real Turkey in this …
A Wink of the Eye WON TWO AWARDS in Seattle! UPDATE
Hello all you lovely peoples. We’re sorry for all the shouting but we’re just so excited! That latest film from this tambourine-playing trio (Rish, Chris …
An Indian-American Experience **
by Ambarish Manepalli So we had an amazing time at IFP (post is coming, I know you guys have been patient based on the innumerable …
Gearing up for IFP
So the Cowboys team is gearing up. We’ve put together videos, look-books and much, much more. A pitch A short video explaining the project A …
‘Nuff Said
It is with great pleasure that we announce our official selection as part of the 2011 IFP Emerging Narratives as part of Independent Film Week’s …
Wink is in Washington DC, also* !
So another festival to check out for A Wink of the Eye, the latest work from the tambourine playing trio: Ambarish Manepalli, Chris VanDijk and …
A Wink of the Eye is in Rhode Island* !
So dear folks, the latest short film that the dynamic trio of Ambarish Manepalli, Christopher VanDijk and Geoff Quan made will be screening at the …
Football, it’s war, it’s love, it’s American…
By Ambarish Manepalli (Director/Writer) Growing up we played football. In the snow, on a field, in the mud sometimes… Yeah, yeah we played basketball in …
We actually WON the CAPE New Writer’s Award !
So Chris and I were honored to win this years CAPE New Writer’s award for Cowboys Versus Indians As Chris so often says… what? Really? …