Question: From what town was the singer, upon whom the 1995 Indian Kannada biographical film directed by Chindodi Bangaresh was based, from?

Context articles: Mana Midiyithu
Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
Santha Shishunala Sharifa
Kakana Kote
Himapatha
Karulina Kudi
Savyasachi (film)
Shiva Mecchida Kannappa
Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai
Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja

Mana Midiyithu (Kannada: ಮನ ಮಿಡಿಯಿತು ) is a 1995 Indian Kannada romance film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and the story is by Ashwini.
 The film features Shivarajkumar, in his 25th feature film, and Priya Raman, making her Kannada debut, in the lead roles.
 The film's soundtrack and score is composed by Upendra Kumar.
Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai is a 1995 Indian Kannada biographical film directed by Chindodi Bangaresh and produced by Chindodi Leela.
 Starring Lokesh in the titular role, the film also featured Girish Karnad, Vijay Raghavendra in other pivotal roles.
 The film is based on the real life of Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai (1892 - 1944), who was a blind singer from Karnataka who made a great difference to the life of many blind people in Indian society.
Santha Shishunala Sharifa (Kannada: ಸಂತ ಶಿಶುನಾಳ ಶರೀಫ ) is a 1990 Indian Kannada biographical drama film directed and co-written by T. S. Nagabharana and produced by Srihari Khoday and Mahima Patel for Yajaman Enterprises.
 The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation.
 A collection of Sharif's poems are set to tunes by C. Ashwath, who also did the major playback singing.
 The soundtrack consisting of 16 poems was extremely popular upon release.
 The dialogues for this movie was wrtitten by Gopala Wajapayi, a well known theatre figure and translator of Bertolt Brecht's play "The Caucasian Chalk Circle".
Kakana Kote (Kannada: ಕಾಕನ ಕೋಟೆ ) is a 1977 Indian Kannada biographical drama film adapted from Masti Venkatesh Iyengar's stage play of the same name.
 The film plot tells the story of Kaka Nayaka who was instrumental in stopping the exploitation of tribal people in Mysore district against the tax payment from middlemen who were representing the ruling kingdom government.
Himapatha (Kannada: ಹಿಮಪಾತ ) is a 1995 Indian Kannada romantic drama film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu and produced by Rockline Venkatesh.
 The film features Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini and Jayapradha in the lead roles.
 The film was widely popular for the songs composed by Hamsalekha upon release.
 The film has been extensively shot in Shimla and Bijapur.
 The movie is based on Kannada novel of same name by T. K. Rama Rao.
Karulina Kudi (Kannada: ಕರುಳಿನ ಕುಡಿ ) is a 1995 Indian Kannada drama film directed by V. P. Sarathy and produced by P. Dhanraj.
 The film features Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh and Sithara in the lead roles.
 The film was widely popular for the songs composed by Rajan-Nagendra upon release.
Savyasachi (Kannada: ಸವ್ಯಸಾಚಿ ) is a 1995 Indian Kannada action drama film directed by M. S. Rajashekar.
The movie is based on Kannada novel of same name by Vijay Sasanur.
 The film features Shivarajkumar and Prema, making her acting debut, in the lead roles.
 The film's soundtrack and score is composed by Sadhu Kokila.
Shiva Mecchida Kannappa (English: Kannappa who was blessed by Shiva) is 1988 Indian Kannada biographical film directed by Vijay.
 The film is a remake of 1959 film "Bedara Kannappa", the debut film of actor Rajkumar.
 Produced by Raghavendra Rajkumar, the film is about the life of Kannappa, a hunter who becomes Lord Shiva devotee played by Puneet Rajkumar in younger days and Shivarajkumar in adult life.
 The rest of the cast includes Geetha, Sarala Devi, C. R. Simha and Rajkumar himself playing a brief cameo role.
 The film had musical score by T. G. Lingappa and the dialogues and lyrics written by Chi.
 Udaya Shankar.
Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai (2 February 1892 - 11 June 1944) was a blind singer from Gadag, a town in North Karnataka, India.
 He was born at Kadashettihalli in Hangal Taluk, Karnataka.
 His school Veereshwara Punyashrama was a premier learning center for Hindustani Music.
 The Kannada film Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi is based on his real life incidents.
Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja is a 2016 Indian Kannada biographical film directed by Hamsa Vijetha and produced by Shyam Mukund Navale.
 Starring Vijay Raghavendra in the titular role, the film also featured Shruti, Shashikumar, Anu Prabhakar and Abhijith in other pivotal roles.
 The film is based on the real life of Pandit Puttaraja Gawai (1914 - 2010), who was a scholar and a Hindustani traditional musician who was well noted for his social services.