Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval (in his directorial debut), produced by Santhosh T. Kuruvilla, and starring Suraj Venjaramoodu, Soubin Shahir, Sooraj Thelakkad, Kendy Zirdo, and Saiju Kurup.

The music was composed by Bijibal. In the plot, Subramanian (Soubin Shahir) goes to Russia for work, leaving his old-age father Bhaskaran Poduval (Suraj Venjaramoodu) with an android called Kunjappan (Sooraj Thelakkad) to take care of him. Bhaskaran, however, hates the idea.

The film was released in India on 8 November 2019. It received critical acclaim and was one of the commercially successful Malayalam films released in the year. The movie won three Kerala State Film Awards including Best Actor award for Suraj.

Plot
Bhaskaran Poduval (Suraj Venjaramoodu) is a stubborn old man who is very reluctant to get accustomed to any new-age technology and is therefore seen as a ‘boomer’ by some of the younger men in town. He resides in Payyanur with his son Subramanian alias Chuppan (Soubin Shahir), a mechanical engineer. He is first seen at the Bali ceremony of his friend Kunjappan, who is shown to be a rather short man. As Kunjappan’s son Vinu is in the middle of performing the ritual, Bhaskaran questions some aspects of the ritual, eventually infuriating Vinu, who storms off in a rage. Bhaskaran wants his son to be by his side during his last days, and that is why he prohibits his son from applying for any job, and to refuse any job offer he receives. Subramanian, in frustration, demands on going to Russia, as he had got a job in a Japanese Robotics firm there. This causes an argument between the father and son, which ends in Subramanian leaving for Russia.

Once there, he meets Hitomi, the daughter of a Malayali father and a Japanese mother, who is very fond of Kerala and Keralites. They form a close bond, and Hitomi tells Subramanian about her father who died of Alzheimer’s. She also introduces him to the robotic home nurse (an android) who took care of her father during his last days. While repairing the robot, he gets a call from his cousin Prasannan (Saiju Kurup) (who takes care of Bhaskaran), telling him that the maid that Subramanian had employed to look after Bhaskaran was not good, and that he should immediately return home. Subramanian feels guilty about his inability to take care of his father, and he discusses the idea of resigning with Hitomi and his boss. However, his boss persuades him to not to give up on a promising career for a task that someone else can do.

Subramanian returns home with the latest Android Robot (Version 5.25) to take care of his father. Although Bhaskaran was hesitant to accept the robot into his life, even being somewhat scared of it at first, eventually develops a strong liking to the robot and then, unexpectedly, becomes too attached to it. The robot is named Kunjappan (lit. short man), which creates some confusion among the locals, as Vinu’s father shares the same name. Slowly, the robot becomes irreplaceably close to Bhaskaran’s heart. Kunjappan also helped Bhaskaran to make contact with his ex-lover Soudamini.

Soon enough, Bhaskaran starts to see Kunjappan as his own son. However, Subramanian becomes extremely worried about Bhaskaran. So, he decides to quit his job and go back home along with Hitomi. Subramanian convinces Bhaskaran to go to the local pond for his bath without Kunjappan. However, after having food with Subramanian, he sees Hitomi repairing a disassembled Kunjappan. Enraged to see this, Bhaskaran tries to stop it, but Subramanian stops him. Bhaskaran furiously asks what Subramanian is playing at, and Subramanian flares back that the robot will eventually kill him. Bhaskaran shouts back that even if Bhaskaran can’t take care of him, at least to let Kunjappan do it. Subramanian, knowing that his father will suffer cardiac arrest if he gets too worked up, restores Kunjappan to its previous state. That night, Hitomi and Subramanian watches a CCTV Camera footage of a previously modelled robot strangling its aged customer to death. He becomes scared and finds Bhaskaran and Kunjappan are missing. Bhaskaran left home with Kunjappan to a forest nearby where he thought that they could live, undisturbed. Meanwhile, Subramanian and Hitomi, searching for Bhaskaran and Kunjappan, arrive at the forest with Prasannan. After Bhaskaran sends a message to Soudamini, Kunjappan tells Bhaskaran that what Subramanian told was right and he is not a human being but a machine whose job was to assist him. He doesn’t want Bhaskaran to love him or he doesn’t know it also. He tells him to leave him in the forest and to go back. Bhaskaran becomes emotional and heartbroken when Kunjappan tells him like that. When Subramanian finds Bhaskaran, Vinu attacks Kunjappan and steals his head. In its in-built security reflex, Kunjappan strangles Subramanian. However, Bhaskaran saves Subramanian. Bhaskaran, Subramanian, Hitomi and Prasannan leave for home, and while on the back of Subramanian’s motorcycle, Bhaskaran sees Subramanian as Kunjappan, and whispers his name.