Actress Urmila Matondkar has accepted an offer to sing and plans to record her first song next week, a news report said on Friday.

Urmila accepted the offer from legendary singer Asha Bhonsle to sing a duet on Asha's new album, a national daily said.

Asha has lent her voice to songs lip-synched by Urmila in films like Rangeela and Chamatkar.

When Urmila recently sang a few lines to Asha, the singer reportedly liked the actress' voice.

However, Urmila is not going to make singing a full-time career, the newspaper said.

''I paint too, but that doesn't make me a Renoir,'' said Urmila. ''But the saving grace is that I definitely sing better than I paint," she added.