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{{Short description|Indian- New Zealand filmmaker and community worker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Mandrika Rupa
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| death_date =
| image =
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| notable_works =
| birth_place = Gujarat, India
| known_for = Filmmaker
}}

'''Mandrika Rupa''' is an Indian- New Zealand filmmaker and community worker.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mandrika Rupa • Film Maker & Community Worker |url=https://mandrikarupa.com/index.html |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=mandrikarupa.com}}</ref> She is a member of [[The Kshetra Collective]], a diverse group of artists in New Zealand of Indian heritage.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=The Kshetra Collective |title=A Place to Stand Turangawaewae |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/getattachment/your-museum/at-home/things-to-explore/virtual-exhibitions/a-place-to-stand-te-taunga-community-hub/a-place-to-stand-catalogue.pdf?lang=en-NZ}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Rupa was born in [[Gujarat]], [[India]] and moved to [[New Zealand]] in 1960.<ref name=":0" /> Rupa's great-grandfather, Jaga Rupa, emigrated to New Zealand in 1907 just after immigration restrictions targeted at Chinese and Indians were lifted.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Taamara Sangam and Laxmi - Lifestyle News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/taamara-sangam-and-laxmi/PZSDKJELA2MZCONIWB5DURFZWQ/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Jaga Rupa settled in the Waikato and became a hawker.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> Rupa has six siblings who were all born in New Zealand and one born in India.<ref name=":2" /> In 1981 Rupa's daughter Mandy Rupa-Reid was born.

Between 1986 and 1988 Rupa gained a qualification in [[social work]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1993 Rupa founded Nari Shakti, a platform for Indian women to empower one another, their communities and promote economic independence.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rupa |first=Mandrika |title=Curriculum Vitae and Filmography |url=https://mandrikarupa.com/pdfs/cv_bio.pdf |website=mandrikarupa.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Dhara |date=2019-01-03 |title=NariShakti - NariShakti |url=https://narishakti.in/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=narishakti.in |language=en-US}}</ref>

A trip to India in 1993 prompted Rupa's journey into filmmaking.<ref name=":1" /> Much of Rupa's film work explores the social implications of immigrant communities, the experiences of the [[South Asian diaspora]] and giving visibility to underrepresented voices.<ref name=":0" />

== Films ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Film
!Year
!Role
!Description
!Language
|-
|''Against Her Will''
|2007
|Pre-production
|Documentary about domestic violence in the West
|
|-
|''Inheritance/ A lament''
|2006
|
|
| Māori, Punjabi, English subtitles
|-
|''Hidden Apartheid''
|2005
|Director & Producer
|Documentary on the caste system in India and discrimination in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hidden Apartheid - A Report on Caste Discrimination |url=https://www.hiddenapartheid-themovie.com/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=hiddenapartheid-themovie.com}}</ref>
|
|-
|''Taamara/Sangam (The Joining of Two Peoples)''
|2004
|Director & Writer
|Accounts from Māori of the story of a group of Indian men settled in Te Uku in the early 1900s.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mandrika Rupa : Taamara/Sangam (The Joining of Two Peoples) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-3hnYoGeg |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=en}}</ref>
| Māori, Hindi
|-
|''Laxmi''
|1998
|Director & Writer
|Life in colonial New Zealand through an Indian diasporic lens.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mandrika Rupa : Laxmi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LccunPdzQGI |access-date=2024-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>
|English
|-
|''Naya Zamana''
|1996
|Director & Producer
|A documentary about queer experiences in a family of South Pacific Indian heritage.<ref>{{Citation |last=Rupa |first=Mandrika |title=Naya Zamana |date=1996-07-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436626/ |type=Short |access-date=2024-01-14}}</ref>
|Hindi
|-
|''Poonam''
|1994
|Director & Writer
|Documentary about three Indian women who migrated with their families to New Zealand around the 1890s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cinenova |url=https://cinenova.org/collection/poonam/ |access-date=2024-01-14}}</ref>
|
|-
|''I'm Not Here''
|1994
|Director
|
|English
|}
Rupa's short film ''Poonam (1994)'' is part of the permanent collection at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rabL_XWADQ Te Taunga: A Place To Stand Webinar - Auckland Museum]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-3hnYoGeg Mandrika Rupa : Taamara/Sangam (The Joining of Two Peoples)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LccunPdzQGI Mandrika Rupa : Laxmi]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-b3cKABNAg Mandrika Rupa : Naya Zamana]

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[[Category:21st-century New Zealand artists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand women artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand contemporary artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Indian descent]]
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