Veteran actress Jayanthi has been selected for the Padmabhushan Dr B Saroja Devi National Award 2017. The award will be conferred to Jayanthi on the 16th of April at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Padmabhushan Dr B Saroja Devi National Award has been conferred from 2010 and actress Anjali Devi, Jamuna Ramana Rao and Harini N Rao got the awards in the first year followed by Vyjayantimala Bali, Geethapriya, S Shivaram, K S L Swamy, Parvathamma Rajakumar and K J Yesudas in the next few years.

This time Jayanthi has been selected and the award will be conferred by Dr B Saroja Devi.