He was survived by his wife Nandini Mehta Iyer, and son Pico Iyer (b. 1957), a noted writer.
Vijay Iyer | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Pico Iyer | Palghat Mani Iyer | Sethurama Iyer | Sumeet Raghavan | S. Subramania Iyer | Madurai Mani Iyer | Iyer the Great | C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | T. V. Seshagiri Iyer | Roopa Iyer | Raghavan Narasimhan | P. S. Sivaswami Iyer | Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer | Mahalakshmi Iyer | Kalpana Iyer | Iyer | Azhikodan Raghavan | A. L. Raghavan |
Late in life, he appeared in several films, including Saeed Mirza's Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Tamas (1986), Kumar Shahani's Kasba (1991), Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha (1993) and Aparna Sen's Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002).