Calling the row unfortunate, the "Aligarh" director said his film will talk about the issue.
"It is unfortunate. I will express myself about that through some film, a short or feature.
"I have something in mind about the general crisis, invasion by political establishment into the educational institutions. There is something running in my mind but I can't talk much about it because it is in the development stage," Hansal told PTI in an interview.
The students have been protesting from past few months against the appointment of veteran actor Gajendra Chauhan as FTII's chairman.
The suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University had also caused widespread anger among the students, who alleged caste discrimination in universities.