Actor R Madhavan says it was his eagerness to dissect and analyse the lives of the country's revered personalities that drove him to take up the series Mega Icons. The five-part National Geographic series, which is being hosted by the actor, will explore the life stories of former president APJ Abdul Kalam, megastar-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli and the first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Kiran Bedi.

"It was an extraordinary concept, something I had not heard before. It analyses five mega icons and deciphers their lives... to see if they were made by the people around them, their conditioning or they were as born geniuses. I was very curious to find out what made them tick and what kept them going. I really wanted to know those secrets," Madhavan told PTI in an interview.