Oothukkadu Kritis are unique Carnatic music compositions by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi. In the galaxy of music, he will always find a place as a shining star. Venkata Kavi was a great personality, an innovator who contributed a lot to Carnatic music. A complete master of music in all senses of the term, he has total command over melody, rhythm and lyrics besides being fluent in Sanskrit and Tamil. He was proficient in a variety of musical forms such as kriti, javali, tillana and kavadi chindu.

Accompanying Jayalakshmi Sekhar is T. K. Ramakrishnan on the Mridangam and Trivandrum D. Rajagopal on the Ganjira, listeners of this veena recital could easily embark on the sublimity of Oothukkadu Kritis.