Jass (Gippy Grewal) falls in love with Mahie (Mahie Gill) at a friend's wedding, she tells her friends that she is going to marry someone who does not have a family, like herself. Mahi does not want to deal with the nagging, and interference of in-laws after marriage. So, to woo her, Jass with the help of his friend Honey (Gurpreet Ghuggi) pretends that he is an orphan. She falls in love with him, but when she tells her brother, Taji (Karamjit Anmol) he forces them to get married right away. So, Jass marries Mahie without telling his father Advocate Dhillon (Jaswinder Bhalla), brother Goldy Dhillon (Binnu Dhillon), or his wife Diljit Dhillon (Anshu Sawhney). Now, after marriage, Jass tells Mahie to find them a place to stay, and she finds a sublease room in Jass's own home, and this is where the comedy of errors begins. Jass and his best friend Honey (Gurpreet Ghuggi) cook up several plans to confuse Jass's family so Jass can live with his wife Mahie in his own home without his family ever finding out. But in between all this, Honey marries his girlfriend Preet (Khushboo Grewal) in secret because his dad Inspector Sikander Tiwana (B.N. Sharma) won't agree to his marriage, but Honey tricks Preet's parents and Preet into believing that he is Advocate Dhillon's son. This leads to a big-time fiasco. Everything unravels at the end and Mahi accepts Jass for who he is.
This is Gippy Grewal's home production where he launched his banner Gurfateh Films along with his brothers Sippy Grewal who launched his banner Sippy Grewal Productions, Sukha Production and Pushpinder Happy. The entire shoot of the film took place in Jalandhar, Punjab.
Carry On Jatta had the second-highest opening for a Punjabi film in Punjab with ₹61 lakh net on its opening day.[4] It then went on to have a weekend collection of ₹ 2.05 crore, an opening week collection ₹3.75 crore and is on its way to make a total of ₹10 crore in India, making it the second-highest grossing Punjabi film in India.[5]
The third installment of the franchise, Carry On Jatta 3 was released on 29 June 2023. The film features Gippy Grewal and Sonam Bajwa in lead roles, along with returning supporting actors from the previous films.