In the opening sequence of “Definition Please,” 8-year-old Monica Chowdry is asked to spell one final word correctly before she can be declared the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The word: ...

Definition Please is a South Asian-American family drama about estranged siblings who reunite for their father’s death anniversary and rehash old issues. A festival darling and Insecure’s Sujata Day’s ...

“Definition Please,” a new film by Sujata Day that tells the story of an Indian American woman 15 years after she wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee, will be released Friday on Netflix. The film ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I wanted to write the character that I wanted to play," said actor and filmmaker Sujata Day, who makes her feature directorial ...

Mindy Kaling is continuing her path of spotlighting South Asian storytelling in Hollywood. Following the recent success of Netflix's Never Have I Ever and HBO Max's Sex Lives of College Girls, both of ...

From our interview with Sujata Day and Ritesh Rajan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sujata Day and her co-star Ritesh Rajan ...

A grown-up spelling bee star who never left her hometown tries to make sense of the conflicts and challenges in her family. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asian cinema, new and old, fresh and bold. “It was honestly a dream come true to have someone like Ava DuVernay get ...

Sujata Day’s directorial debut “Definition Please” was released to Netflix on Jan. 21 after being acquired by Ava Duvernay’s film distribution and production collective ARRAY. Starring Day alongside ...

In the opening sequence of "Definition Please," 8-year-old Monica Chowdry is asked to spell one final word correctly before she can be declared the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. In the ...

Three years ago, Sujata Day decided to take the biggest leap of her career: she would direct and star in her own feature film, "Definition Please," about a 20-something former spelling bee champion ...