FTII students being taken to a Pune police station after being arrested from the campus on Wednesday.
A three-member team of central officials are expected to hold talks with students of Film and Television Institute of India in Pune today, who are demanding the removal of TV actor and BJP member Ganjendra Chauhan as its chairman.
The team has been deputed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) after the unrest in the campus escalated following the arrest of five students late night on Wednesday.
According to a top FTII official, the team led by the Registrar of Newspapers in India S M Khan will assess the ground situation on the campus before interacting with "all parties concerned" in their bid to end the impasse.
The students, on strike for the last 71 days, said they are open to dialogue but ruled out any compromise on their core demand of Mr Chauhan's removal and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in resolving the prolonged crisis.
"Prime Minister should visit FTII to resolve the issues. All students in the country are feeling threatened by the government's insensitivity towards the problems being faced by them. The students should strike hard and strong if this continues", representative of FTII Students' Association (FSA) Vikas Urs told reporters in Pune.
Five students, including Vikas, were arrested on charges of rioting after the institute's director Prashant Pathrabe was detained by the protesting students in his chamber for several hours. The students were later released on bail by a local court.
Mr Pathrabe has said he was "tortured, threatened, physically pushed around and subjected to disrespectful and insulting behaviour" by around 40-odd students. The students were agitated over Mr Pathrabe's decision to go ahead with the assessment of the incomplete diploma film projects of the 2008 batch.
The students said that they have been open to talks since the day 1 and blamed the government for the deadlock.
"We are very curious to see with what agenda they (the officials) are coming with. We are clueless. The students' body has not been told that the delegation is coming... We are hearing everything from the media. We are still expecting a good dialogue," a student said.
"From day one we have been ready for a dialogue and finally the ministry has understood that we should sit across the table and discuss the core issues," said another student.
Academic activity at the institute has been halted since the students went on a strike on June 12 against Mr Chauhan's appointment and boycotted classes.
The student community has received support in their agitation from a large number of film personalities and political parties including the Congress.