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Heres the complete winners list from the event: Film Category Winners Best Actor Popular: Dinesh Lal Yadav for Hamar Naam Ba Kanhaiya Best Actress Popular: Amrapali Dubey for Mere Husband Ki Shadi Best Actor Critics: Yash Mishra for Nagraj aur Chandalika Best Actress Critics: Sanjana Pandey for Collector Sahiba Best Bhojpuri Film: PowerStar Best Young Actor: Anshuman Singh Rajput Best Young Actress: Mahi Shrivastava Best Music in a Bhojpuri Movie: Jugal Master Best Male Playback Singer: Pawan Singh Best Female Playback Singer: Shilpi Raj Best Director: Premanshu Singh for Rishtey Best Supporting Actor (Male): Vinod Mishra for Rishtey and Dev Singh for Dansh   Best Supporting Actor (Female): Rati Pandey Best Actor in a Negative Role: Gulshan Pandey for Rishtey and Sanjay Pandey for Aankhein Outstanding Contribution in Bhojpuri Music: Ratnakar Kumar and Dinesh Rialhan Best Performance in a Comic Role: Manoj Tiger Lifetime Achievement Award: Manoj Tiwari Pride of Bhojpuri Soil: Ravi Kishan Most Versatile Actor (Male): Khesari Lal Yadav Most Versatile Actor (Female): Akshara Singh Special Tribute: Aslam Sheikh and Sharda Sinha Society / Real Category Winners Outstanding Contribution in Folk Music and Dance: Indu Sonali Outstanding Contribution in Literature and Poetry: Vinay Bihari and Manoj Bhawuk Outstanding Contribution in Painting and Sculpture: Dulari Devi Youth Icon of the Year: Maithili Thakur Outstanding Contribution in Sports: Shweta Shahi Outstanding Contribution in Women Empowerment & Gender Equality: Kalpana and Uma Jha of Jhaji Store Outstanding Contribution in Education: IPS Vikas Vaibhav and Motiur Rahman Khan (Guru Rahman) Outstanding Contribution in Healthcare: Umesh Sharma of Aristo Pharmaceuticals Startup of the Year: Suraj Prakash, Co-Founder and Director of OKbima Outstanding Contribution in Education Institutional: PhysicsWallah Outstanding Contribution to CSR & Philanthropy: Padma Shri Rajkumari Devi, popularly known as Kisan Chachi Business Leader of the Year: Ravindra Kishore Sinha of SIS Group Lifetime Achievement in Bhojpuri Literature (Posthumous): Bhikari Thakur Family Lifetime Achievement Award in Mathematics: Late Vashist Narayan Singh Lifetime Achievement Award in Bhojpuri Cinema: Kunal Singh Lifetime Achievement Award in Folk Music: Sharda Sinha Contribution to Popularising Bhojpuri Music: Nisha Upadhyay Actor-Singer: Monu Albela and Deepak Dildaar Real Hero Awards: Tara Kumari, Anjani Kumar Gaurav, and Prince Kumar

The evening witnessed dazzling performances, emotional tributes, and massive celebrations of Bhojpuri pride, making ZEE Bhojpuri Samman 2026 one of the biggest cultural events of the year.